The introduction to a new book, arguing that Democrats must return to their roots as a party of the poor, workers, and the middle class
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Posted inGreen New Deal
Green New Deal: The Urgent Realism of Radical Change
A socially just Green New Deal is far more feasible than skeptics think, as policy and technology. The challenge is the politics.
Posted inGreen New Deal
Getting to a Carbon-Free Economy
The urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost.
Posted inGreen New Deal
The Tantalizing Nuclear Mirage
Many see nuclear power as a necessary part of any carbon-neutral mix. The reality isn’t so simple.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
African Americans Already Know Pete Buttigieg Very Well
He’s shown that he doesn’t understand the daily realities of being black in America.
Posted inPolitics
What Obama Really Wants
His interventions in the presidential race are music to the ears of the wealthy and powerful.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Road Map to Warren’s Entire Administration
The presidential candidate’s Medicare for All transition plan is a muddle. But it reveals her theory of progress.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Elizabeth Warren Misread the Politics of Health Care
She got caught in a policy duel with herself, and was late to understanding how important health care is to the Democratic base.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Sketchy Rehabilitation of George W. Bush
The Kennedy Center’s exhibition of paintings by the war-making president shows how quickly Washington can forget—and the big money that eases such forgetting.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Propose Automatic Cuts to Critical Programs—and Democrats Help Them
A bipartisan budget proposal would set up a reflexive process to reduce spending above a projected threshold.
