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Posted inEconomic Policy
Progressive Politics After Bernie
The Sanders campaign mobilized the largest democratic left the nation has seen in decades. Can its follow-up organization and other liberal groups roll its revolution on?
Posted inAmerica and the World
The New Rules of the Road: A Progressive Approach to Globalization
The new president needs a fresh approach to trade.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Riches and the Real-Estate Tax Racket
The industry where you really can make billions and pay no taxes.
Posted inWorking in America
Reframing the Minimum-Wage Debate
Why “no job loss” is the wrong standard for setting the right wage floor.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Blue Cities Battle Red States
As cities have moved left and states have moved right, the conflicts between them have escalated.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How ‘They’ Become ‘We’
Here’s what America does well in integrating immigrants and what we could do better—unless anti-immigrant passions take over.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How Asian Americans Became Democrats
The last two decades have seen a major shift in the party preferences of Asian Americans, but they’re still not deeply engaged in civic life.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Liberal Governor, Divided Government
Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, among the nation’s most progressive governors, has been checked by the most right-wing legislature in state history—but there are always executive orders.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Philly’s New Mayor
How many progressive changes can Jim Kenney bring to an old-style city with an antique political culture?
