Challenging the New Curse of Bigness
Most of today’s abuses call for antitrust remedies from the Progressive Era—if we just get serious about enforcement.
The Costs of Being Poor
Two new books explore how difficult the housing market and criminal justice system make it to climb out of poverty.
Roberts Rules for Protecting Corporations
The chief justice’s changes to the rules for litigation make suing big business a whole lot harder.
Making the Most of Your Luck
The role of sheer fortune challenges the politics of the fortunate—and the conceits of economics.
Race and the Tragedy of Quota-Based Policing
Arrest targets compound the risk of racially biased stop-and-frisk.
Rethinking School Discipline
Schools are cutting back on expulsions and suspensions, which are doled out disproportionately to minority students. Without adequate funding, though, the new reforms may cause problems of their own.
Infrastructure: Can We Finally Think Big?
The defining challenge of the next president’s infrastructure agenda will be persuading Congress to come along for the ride.
The Progressive Tax Reform You’ve Never Heard Of
How ending profit shifting can fix corporate tax cheating and satisfy Republicans
Putting Family Policy on the Governing Agenda
It’s time we saw support for child care and paid leave as central to both economic growth and family well-being.
Rationalizing Trump
Coulter threads her way between the Koch brothers, alt-right, and Paul Ryan.
When an Election Damages Democracy
American democracy faces the risk of systemic harm in 2016.
How Clinton Can Put Health-Care Reform Back on Track
More than ever, we need a public option—and other changes—to ensure the ACA achieves its ambitious, far-reaching goals.
Could Clinton Tame Congress?
How a Democratic Senate might shift the legislative dynamics.
Going Local in the Fight Against Inequality
What progressives can learn from de Blasio’s policies in New York City.
A New Era for the Supreme Court
The transformative potential of a shift in even one seat
The Hardened Divide in American Politics
When did hyper-partisanship begin? Pre-election polling data point to the mid-1990s.
From a Contentious Election to a Stronger Democracy
Strengthening democracy is the key to all other reforms.
Hidden Injuries
The decline of the white working class and the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump.
Progressive Politics After Bernie
The Sanders campaign mobilized the largest democratic left the nation has seen in decades. Can its follow-up organization and other liberal groups roll its revolution on?
Voting Rights: Will Court Protections Deliver?
Federal courts have overturned several state voting restrictions, but the struggle continues on the ground.
The New Rules of the Road: A Progressive Approach to Globalization
The new president needs a fresh approach to trade.
Trump’s Riches and the Real-Estate Tax Racket
The industry where you really can make billions and pay no taxes.
