Tax Tricks: Time to Go on Offense
Our current tax system rewards unproductive speculation and punishes the working middle class.
Blame It on Blue
Everything, apparently, is Democrats’ fault.
When Should We Retire? Two Views
With so much focus on the deficit, many assume entitlement programs should be cut. But there is a progressive argument for raising the retirement age, and one for lowering it.
Web of Light or Web of Darkness?
The Internet is not always the friend of democracy — oppressive regimes can use it for their own ends.
Beyond Intellectualism
On becoming an anti-intellectual intellectual
The Constitution in Danger
It’s Congress, not the president, that is a threat to democracy.
Southern Discomfort
Democrats no longer need the South, but the region needs them.
Backward Mobility
The recession is wiping out the jobs, homes, and dreams of the African American middle class.
A Message for Progressives
It’s time we started growing the economy and stopped shrinking the middle class.
Time for National Greatness Liberalism
Our national economic fortune depends on reclaiming a credible role for large-scale public investment.
The Overselling of Education
We need a better-educated citizenry, but the cure for increasing inequality lies elsewhere.
Champions of the Middle Class
Can organized labor lead a movement to restore broad economic security? It’s hard to imagine who else will.
Reclaiming Middle-Class America
If progressives want a winning theme that the right can’t match, this is it.
The Collapse of Secure Retirement
The dream of a modestly middle-class retirement is fading.
America’s Trade Policy of the Absurd
Saving middle-class America will require a radically different conception of trade and the national interest.
The Politics of the New Middle America
In 2010, disaffected voters didn’t embrace the Republican vision. They looked in vain for the Democratic one.
Moral Combat
Why do liberals play computer games like conservatives?
Unequal to the Moment
The president doesn’t matter as much as you think. But this one could have done so much more.
The Rent Trap
In the wake of the foreclosure crisis, should we be encouraging people to abandon the dream of homeownership?
What’s Civility Worth?
It’s not that the political conversation is poisoned with violent rhetoric. It’s that it’s not a conversation at all.
Dems to Watch
A rising crop of Democrats looks to the middle.
Troubled States
The recession will take its biggest toll on the states this year. We could fix that.
Business Is Booming
America’s leading corporations have found a way to thrive even if the American economy doesn’t recover. This is very, very bad news.
