In January, a chemical spill left 300,000 West Virginia residents without drinkable water. As lawmakers dragged their feet, activist Stephanie Tyree, director of community engagement and policy for the West Virginia Community Development Hub, helped rally the people of Charleston to find a solution.
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This Man Wants to Be America's First Millennial Senator
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Even Republicans Are Coming Around on the Confederate Flag
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When Charters Go Union
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This is What Happens When Abortion is Outlawed
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A Big Test for Janet Yellen
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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.
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Poised for Prosperity?
Drawing the right lessons from the past quarter-century
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The Civil Rights Movement and the Politics of Memory
As opportunists try to hijack the movement's legacy, let's remember what actually occurred.
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A Radical Pope
Francis has challenged the Catholic Church. How much can he change it?
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The High Road Wins
How and why Minnesota is outpacing Wisconsin
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The Politics of Offense and Defense
Once reliably blue strongholds, Wisconsin's and Minnesota's political paths have diverged in recent years.
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The Junior Justice
Elena Kagan is rewriting the role of a Supreme Court justice in American democracy.
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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.
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How Gilded Ages End
Protecting democracy from oligarchic dominance is, once again, a central imperative of American politics.
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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.
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Senior Class: America's Unequal Retirement
One of the cruelest manifestations of widening inequality happens in life's final quarter.
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No Cost for Extremism
Why the GOP hasn't (yet) paid for its march to the right.
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Raising Wages From the Bottom Up
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