While still putting the Midwest first
John Halpin
John Halpin is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Ambivalent Trump Voters Feel About Him Now
And what might move them to register their misgivings at the polls
Posted inWorking in America
Democrats Need to Be the Party of and for Working People—of All Races
And they can’t retake Congress unless they win over more white workers.
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Progressivism Goes Mainstream
New research on ideology refutes the conservative myth that America is a “center right” nation.
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The Politics of Definition, Part IV
Editor’s Note: And finally, the fourth and last installment, in which the authors describe the politics of definition and explain in detail how they believe Democrats and progressives must secure the common good. — Michael Tomasky If mobilization and inoculation on their own are insufficient strategies for building majority power, what is […]
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The Politics of Definition, Part III
Editor’s Note: In Part I, the authors discussed the general nature of the dilemma facing progressives and Democrats today, with special attention to the “identity gap,” and then went on to analyze demographic and voting data showing progressive strengths. In Part II, they analyzed the data showing progressive weaknesses. With Part III, the authors […]
Posted inEducation in America
The Politics of Definition, Part II
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of this important paper, which describes the precise nature of the dilemma faced by progressives and Democrats today and offers new solutions for the way forward. In Part I, posted last week, the authors described the basic problem facing progressives and the Democratic Party — the “identity gap” […]
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The Politics of Definition
Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, John Halpin of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Ruy Teixeira of CAP and the Century Foundation (and co-author of The Emerging Democratic Majority) undertook research on the state of the Democratic Party and progressive politics in America. Their chief concern: To get to the bottom of the […]