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North Carolina's Tug-of-War
What happens when a state becomes more progressive and more conservative at the same time?
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The End of the Solid South
The region's emerging majority is progressive. Its capitols are more conservative than ever. Something's got to give.
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Ghosts of the Rio Grande
Every year hundreds of immigrants die along the U.S.-Mexico border. Too many are never identified.
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Virginia's New Dominion
How soon will changing demographics swamp old Virginia's Republicans?
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A River Runs Through It
Everyone agrees that the only way to fix the Gulf of Mexico dead zone—the largest off the United States—is to fix the Mississippi, but not everyone agrees how.
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The Fundamentals of Immigration Reform
To begin fixing America’s broken system, we must be guided by both our highest values and our economic needs.
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The Weeklies
In the Denver suburbs, as in much of the U.S., the Great Recession turned formerly stable families into the new homeless—and left many living in budget hotels.
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U.S. Out of Vermont!
Move over, Texas: In the Green Mountain State, it’s leftists who want to secede.
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Born This Way?
Transgender activists believe that when children insist their birth sex is the wrong sex, their wishes should be honored. Dr. Kenneth Zucker disagrees.
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The Once and Future Gov
Two years into his second go-round as governor, Jerry Brown has—to the surprise of many—turned California around.
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Retrench Warfare
The Democrats won this round of the fiscal-cliff standoff, but now let’s get to the right debate.
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The President's Running Room—and Ours
With Republicans divided, the president could open up space to move progressive policies. First, the progressive community needs to move him.
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Obama's Second-Term BFD Agenda
The president has a new opportunity for immigration reform, old business to finish on health care, and fateful decisions to make about energy and climate.
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New Voters, New Values
Women, Latinos, African Americans, and the young don’t believe what older white men believe. Their views fueled Obama’s victory and may portend a new Democratic majority.
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A Strategic Plan for Liberals
What’s the road map for a progressive future?
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Organize Every Precinct
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I Was a Teenage Conservative
For a young Southern Californian coming of age in the early ’60s, the right with its emphasis on individual freedom was enormously appealing. What better way to rebel against liberal smugness? Then, the right betrayed itself.
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Pre-K on the Range
Rural, conservative, impoverished Oklahoma has built the nation’s brightest model for early education.
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Greedy Geezers, Reconsidered
In the current downturn, the vast majority of the elderly are suffering along with the young. The right cure would help both generations.
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Seeing Is Believing
Eyewitness testimony is unreliable and leads to wrongful convictions. Why has the judicial system not taken note?
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If Labor Dies, What's Next?
The only way unions can regain their strength and provide a counterweight to corporate power is if liberals join the fight.
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The Border Effect
The fence along the U.S.–Mexico boundary has helped reduce the flow of illegal immigrants, but the human and environmental toll has been enormous.
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As Common As Dirt
In the fields of California, wage theft is how agribusiness is done.
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Angela Merkel's Bad Medicine
The German chancellor’s remedy of austerity is killing Europe, and the failure to contain financial speculation is spreading the epidemic.
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Battle of the Romney Plans
Does Mitt’s or George’s approach to raising black student achievement make more sense?
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