Malpractice cost Clinton the election, but her ambivalence on big issues was produced by big structural factors that affect all Democrats.
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The Vietnam War: A Conversation with Ken Burns
America’s foremost documentary filmmakers lift the curtain on the country’s psychic wounds in this stunning new history of our most divisive conflict since the Civil War.
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Ignoring Police Violence
Baltimore officials accepted a voluntary settlement to reduce police abuses. Jeff Sessions wants to kill it.
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Can Organic Farming and Unions Transform California’s Hottest Farm Belt?
Combined, they have to power to improve the lives of farmworkers and save the Salton Sea.
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The Pittsburgh Conundrum
Can you have a model city in a left-behind region?
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State-Enforced Segregation and the Color of Justice
Jim Crow was the descendant of Southern slavery. More shocking is the legacy of government-enforced racism in the North.
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Charlie and the MBTA
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s privatization initiative at greater Boston’s transit authority has realized short-term savings—but the cure is still adequate public investment.
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Teacher Tests Test Teachers
The practice of evaluating teachers by their students’ performance on standardized tests is coming under serious challenge.
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The Great Los Angeles Revolt Against Cars
L.A. voters have chosen to tax themselves to build a citywide rail system. Can rail also resurrect the city’s long-vanished middle class?
