It’s beginning to smell a lot like oligarchy.
Conservatism
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Trump Presidency Could Kill Labor Unions
His election is “an extinction-level event for American labor.”
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The Evil Demons of Our Nature
From Lincoln to Trump: Are we witnessing an irrevocable change in the American soul or a temporary warp in the “arc of the moral universe,” which will someday again “bend toward justice”?
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Things Are About to Get Really Ugly for the Labor Movement
Unions were finally on an upswing. Now, they’re staring down the barrel of the GOP’s gun.Â
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Racism Alone Doesn’t Explain Trump’s Support, Which Also Reflects Economic Anxiety
It’s become popular these days to blame Trump’s rise on bigotry and racial animus alone, but that diagnosis misses the important role played by economic anxiety.
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How the Anti-choice Movement Paved the Way for Trump
Making a conservative case against Trump, Ross Douthat descends into denial about anti-choice violence.
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Democrats Get Out the Vote. Republicans Suppress It.
Diverse approaches to a changing America
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The Progressive Tax Reform You’ve Never Heard Of
How ending profit shifting can fix corporate tax cheating and satisfy RepublicansÂ
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Rationalizing Trump
Coulter threads her way between the Koch brothers, alt-right, and Paul Ryan.
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Trump No Longer Really Running for President
The Donald’s real political goal is to make it impossible for Hillary Clinton to govern.
