The U.S. may soon reach the point where it can’t rebuild its manufacturing base.
Features
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Segregation Nation
Omaha’s radical attempt at school integration shows how beneficial diversity can be — and how hard it can be to sustain.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Reality Bites
The science-based community once was split between Democrats and Republicans — but not anymore.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Wrong Turns
Blocked by failed negotiations with Israel and an ambivalent Obama administration, Palestinians look to the international stage.
Posted inFeatures
Why Movements Matter
Paradigm-shifting elections don’t shift paradigms if there aren’t corresponding social movements for change.
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Gone With the 2010 Win
White Democratic elected officials have vanished from Dixie. Can Southern Dems rebound as a black-and-brown party?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fancy Talk
For some time, liberals have felt that their messenger-in-chief has been AWOL. In the wake of President Barack Obama’s acquiescence to $38 billion in spending cuts, many targeted at vulnerable populations, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote of the president that “arguably, all he has left is the bully pulpit. But he isn’t even […]
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Barack Obama’s Theory of Power
Why the president’s bipartisan, detached use of power hasn’t worked.
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Life on the List
Does publicly posting names of convicted sex offenders actually reduce the number of sexual offenses?
