The next president can change our trade and labor policies to rebuild the American middle class.
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Why 2009 Is the Year for Universal Health Care
It’s not 1994 all over again. The next president can get the reforms that Harry Truman and Bill Clinton couldn’t.
A Conversation with Doris Kearns Goodwin
Great presidents build support for transformative change. What can the next president do to revive a sense of common purpose?
What to Really Do About Immigration
Half a million Mexicans will cross the border annually for the next 15 years. Here’s a plan to enable them to stay home.
Color, Values, America
Our next president must restore the United States as a nation of laws and of rights, rooted deeply in values. This effort must appeal to all Americans and transcend race — but cannot ignore race.
The Democrats’ Strategic Challenge
If the Democrats win the election, can the next president and Congress make significant progress toward realizing liberal aspirations? Here’s how — a road map for the start of a new America.
Healing Our Self-Inflicted Wounds
How the next president can restore the rule of law to U.S. foreign policy — and rebuild American credibility and power.
Leaving “No Child Left Behind” Behind
Our No. 1 education program is incoherent, unworkable, and doomed. But the next president still can have a huge impact on improving American schooling.
Financing the Common Good
After three decades of government starvation of necessary resources, the next president needs to champion progressive taxation with the proceeds invested in social outlays that make for a more productive economy.
This Will Mean the World to Us
Despite decades of delay, the next administration could still move us toward a solution before devastating climate change becomes irreversible.

