Special Report

• Time for National Greatness Liberalism

  Theda Skocpol

  Our national economic fortune depends on reclaiming a credible role for large-scale public investment.

• A Message for Progressives

  Drew Westen

  It's time we started growing the economy and stopped shrinking the middle class.

• Backward Mobility

  Kai Wright

  The recession is wiping out the jobs, homes, and dreams of the African American middle class.

• Tax Tricks: Time to Go on Offense

  Dean Baker

  Our current tax system rewards unproductive speculation and punishes the working middle class.

• The Politics of the New Middle America

  E.J. Dionne

  In 2010, disaffected voters didn't embrace the Republican vision. They looked in vain for the Democratic one.

• America's Trade Policy of the Absurd

  Jeff Faux

  Saving middle-class America will require a radically different conception of trade and the national interest.

• The Collapse of Secure Retirement

  Teresa Ghilarducci

  The dream of a modestly middle-class retirement is fading.

• Reclaiming Middle-Class America

  Jacob Hacker

  If progressives want a winning theme that the right can't match, this is it.

• Champions of the Middle Class

  Robert Kuttner

  Can organized labor lead a movement to restore broad economic security? It's hard to imagine who else will.

• The Overselling of Education

  Lawrence Mishel

  We need a better-educated citizenry, but the cure for increasing inequality lies elsewhere.