We need more people. Not just a few more. We need a lot more people-and we need them organized at the scale of corporate and right-wing power. In the next 10 to 20 years, with emerging technologies, a clear plan, and leadership, we can have local self-organized progressive neighborhood Dream Teams in all of the […]
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
I Was a Teenage Conservative
For a young Southern Californian coming of age in the early ’60s, the right with its emphasis on individual freedom was enormously appealing. What better way to rebel against liberal smugness? Then, the right betrayed itself.
Posted inEducation in America
Pre-K on the Range
Rural, conservative, impoverished Oklahoma has built the nation’s brightest model for early education.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Greedy Geezers, Reconsidered
In the current downturn, the vast majority of the elderly are suffering along with the young. The right cure would help both generations.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Strategic Plan for Liberals
What’s the road map for a progressive future?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Seeing Is Believing
Eyewitness testimony is unreliable and leads to wrongful convictions. Why has the judicial system not taken note?
Posted inEducation in America
Joel Klein’s Misleading Autobiography
What the former chancellor of New York City schools’ sleight of hand tells us about education reform
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Border Effect
The fence along the U.S.–Mexico boundary has helped reduce the flow of illegal immigrants, but the human and environmental toll has been enormous.
Posted inEconomic Policy
If Labor Dies, What’s Next?
The only way unions can regain their strength and provide a counterweight to corporate power is if liberals join the fight.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Angela Merkel’s Bad Medicine
The German chancellor’s remedy of austerity is killing Europe, and the failure to contain financial speculation is spreading the epidemic.
