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The Power of Ideas and the Idea of Power
The progressives won the debate about whether there is a power elite. Now they need to keep the corporate elite from destroying what’s left of our democracy.
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The Ebb and Flow of Racial Progress
Is this one of those rare breakthrough moments like Lincoln’s emancipation and the civil rights era of the 1960s—or prologue to more disappointment?
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Unlearning the Lessons of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
America’s beleaguered poor and working class have a host of problems, but the culture of irresponsibility that J.D. Vance says they’re prey to isn’t one of them.
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Prophet of a Lost World
John Dunlop specialized in labor/management conflict resolution, but his deal making grew more perilous as corporate anti-unionism grew.
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When the Politics of Class Turned Upside Down
Fifty years ago, the Republicans began laying claim to the white working class.
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Democracy: A Transformative Agenda
A conversation with legal scholar and policy expert Ganesh Sitaraman
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When Henry Wallace Warned of ‘American Fascism’
The progressive vice president to FDR is the subject of a new book by Nation correspondent John Nichols.
