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The Clean-Election State
Connecticut's fight against corruption creates a model of transparent government.
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Tocqueville for Toffs
Common people have to reclaim democratic civic society from moneyed interests.
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Minimizing Special-Interest Power by Maximizing Participation
Fighting back against restrictive voting-rights laws and empowering small donors can help reclaim elections.
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Calling for a Convention
Amending the Constitution is our best bet for fixing Congress.
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Toppling the Money Empire
Grassroots movements can lead the way in taking big money out of politics.
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Citizen Bopp
Meet the lawyer on a crusade to topple all limits on the role of money in politics.
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The Cost of Free Trade
Every president asserts that the next trade treaty will turn America into an export powerhouse, but that's just not true.
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Back from China?
Manufacturing once gave the U.S. its middle-class majority. Can it do it again?
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Pinching Pensions
Why is the right attacking public employee retirement benefits?
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Florida, Inc.
If a state were a business, CEO Rick Scott would be shown the door.
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(Not) Talking Taxes in New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's high popularity has meant that he hasn't had to court the Democratic base, so he has chosen to target public-sector unions.
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Talking Taxes in Connecticut
The state's current governor, Dannel Malloy, has taken it upon himself to make Connecticut's taxes more progressive.
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Wisconsin: From Protest to Movement
Organizers see We Are Wisconsin as less aligned with the Democratic Party, and more like a "Tea Party of the left."
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Standing Up for Government
At the core of nearly every roiling fiscal debate today is an argument over the role of government in American society.
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Restoring the Dream
The collapse of the housing bubble need not destroy homeownership as the anchor of the middle class. But we need much bolder government action.
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Restoring the Dream
The collapse of the housing bubble need not destroy homeownership as the anchor of the middle class. But we need much bolder government action.
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A Needless Housing Collapse
The success of a pioneering program for moderate-income buyers proves that the subprime disaster was not the fault of homeowners.
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Designed to Fail
The Obama administration's mortgage-modification program was created more to help lenders than homeowners. It's time to reverse priorities.
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Reform that Hurts Homebuyers
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Not With My Home
Homeowners have been at the mercy of banks since the foreclosure crisis began. A network of activists and organizers is trying to change that.
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Cleaning Up the Subprime Aftermath
Welcome to the Kafkaesque world of mortgage loan servicing.
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Fannie, Freddie, and the Future
The secondary mortgage market worked better when it was a true public institution.
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Q&A: Revisiting Race-Neutral Politics
The sociologist and scholar William Julius Wilson revises his stance on whether Democrats should put race on the agenda.
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Home Disadvantage
A small Seattle community battles health disparities that disproportionately affect the poor and people of color.
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Blind Spot
How reactionary colorblindness has infected our courts -- and our politics
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The Right Messengers
With NPR embroiled in another controversy, it's time to ask again whether the media can ever responsibly cover race.
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Race Talk in the Obama Era
The paradoxical reticence of America's first black president and how progressives must fill the vacuum
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Polling Prejudice
Public opinion on race is often inconsistent. Does political science have the tools to capture all forms of racism?
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Our Town
A Chicago suburb proves that America's neighborhoods don't have to be drawn across racial lines.
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The Melting Pot
How anti-immigrant sentiment can divide a community -- and what can be done to unite residents
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Toward Racial Healing
We must work together as a nation to confront and defeat racism.
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White Fight
White Americans must embrace racial justice as their own cause if we hope to achieve widespread equity.
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