How and why Minnesota is outpacing Wisconsin
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Politics of Offense and Defense
Once reliably blue strongholds, Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s political paths have diverged in recent years.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Junior Justice
Elena Kagan is rewriting the role of a Supreme Court justice in American democracy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Wealth Problem
Aspiring to own a home and pursue an education are quintessentially American ideals. It’s time to make those dreams accessible again.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Gilded Ages End
Protecting democracy from oligarchic dominance is, once again, a central imperative of American politics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Political Roots of Widening Inequality
The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn’t technology or globalization. It’s the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How Progressive Policies Can Lead to a Democratic Majority
The new American electorate could offer a durable majority–if Democrats address economic needs with progressive policies, not centrist ones.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Senior Class: America’s Unequal Retirement
One of the cruelest manifestations of widening inequality happens in life’s final quarter.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
No Cost for Extremism
Why the GOP hasn’t (yet) paid for its march to the right.Â
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Raising Wages From the Bottom Up
Three ways city and state governments can make the difference.
