It was the party’s neoliberalism that did it in.
Election 2016
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President Trump and the Triumph of Private Capital
It’s beginning to smell a lot like oligarchy.
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Steve Mnuchin: Evictor, Forecloser, and Our New Treasury Secretary
Trump’s appointee is the very model of a predatory lender.
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The Indefensible Electoral College
Despite its deep-seated problems, ditching the Electoral College is easier said than done. For now, Democrats should emphasize that Trump was not the people’s choice.
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The Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad
A perfect storm of dirty tricks and bad campaign strategy doomed Hillary’s chances. But the more important question is what progressives should do now.
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Reforming Democracy in the Age of Trump
On November 10, Miles Rapoport sat down with Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed.TV to discuss what led to Donald Trump’s victory, what it means for voting rights and money in politics, and how democracy reformers should respond. Rapoport is a long-time democracy advocate who served as secretary of state in Connecticut, and president of both Demos and […]
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Trump Presidency Could Kill Labor Unions
His election is “an extinction-level event for American labor.”
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For Women’s Reproductive Freedom, a Chill Wind Blows
Roe v. Wade will stand for now, but the essential right it protects is in Trump’s line of fire.
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White Nationalist Bigotry Is the Official Policy of Trump’s White House
Conservatives who indignantly hounded African Americans from government jobs during the Clinton and Obama administrations haven’t batted an eye at the overt racism of Donald Trump’s appointees.
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Donald Trump’s Calibrated Race and Sex War
Don’t let his reluctant disavowal of a white nationalist group fool you—the real battle begins in the Senate.