Christie’s bluster has some appeal, but there’s only so long that he can use it to avoid owning up to some of his massive leadership failures.
Rachel M. Cohen
Rachel M. Cohen is a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C., and a former American Prospect writing fellow. Follow her on Twitter @rmc031
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Did Koch Brothers Just Doom America to a Future of Crumbling Roads and Tunnels?
First, their minions called for Chris Christie to cancel a much-needed rail project, and he did. Now they’ve set their sights on Congress to do much the same.
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Blind to the Future
Chris Christie and the Republican default on public investment.
Posted inEconomic Policy
‘Housing First’ Policy for Addressing Homelessness Hamstrung By Funding Issues
The new approach may spring from good intentions, but is undermined by a lack of affordable housing stock.
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Chris Christie Counts on Public Amnesia
With his newfound support for expanding New Jersey’s rail capacity, the governor hopes no one remembers that he killed an earlier federally subsidized project that would have done exactly that.
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The True Cost of Teach For America’s Impact on Urban Schools
Why are school districts paying millions in “finder’s fees” to an organization that places people without education degrees to teach in urban schools—even where applications from veteran teachers abound?
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In Baltimore, Protesters Demand Redress for Police Killings of Local Men
The mayor’s veto of a body-camera bill added fuel to protests over police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, as well as Charm City’s Tyrone West and Anthony Anderson.
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Minimum Wage Measures Pass Easily in Four Red States
In the 2014 midterms, the Democrats’ economic agenda fared better than Democrats.
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We Know College Feminists Care About Sexual Assault. But What About Abortion?
For many students attending schools in East and West Coast states, the legislative efforts to restrict abortion access commonly found in red states can seem quite distant from their own daily gender struggles.
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Why we have millions of cars with unfixed safety recalls — and Germany has none.
