Symposium
Rebuilding Enforcement
A future administration will be called upon to undo the damage wrought by the current one to protect workers, consumers, students, the environment, and more.
By The EditorsSymposium
Democracy Is an Act—One That Doesn't End on Election Day
The President of the United States is exploiting a deadly pandemic to ratchet up his assault on democracy, sow chaos, and delegitimize the upcoming election.
By Hillary Rodham ClintonSymposium
Higher Ed: Protect Students from Predatory Colleges
The Trump Administration has given a pass to for-profit colleges that exploit Black and Brown students the most.
By Aaron Ament Dan ZibelTHE LATEST FROM DEMOCRACY
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Symposium
Employment: Three Strategies to Advance Equality
By Jenny R. Yang Cathy Ventrell-MonseesSymposium
Looking Ahead: Enforcement For the Many, Not the Few
We need to allocate resources away from the carceral state and toward aggressive enforcement of plutocratic and discriminatory actors.
By Deepak Bhargava Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
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Biden's Key to Success: Majorities of Expediency
An FDR-style legislative steamroller is not possible. But ad hoc majorities in support of specific goals are entirely achievable. Here’s how.
By Rob SteinArguments
Taming the Beast
How on earth do we return authoritarian true believers to civil society? There are short-term and long-term answers.
By Jim SleeperArguments
Cleansing Ourselves of Trumpism
We can’t wish away the resentments he’s stoked. But we can counter them.
By Jim SleeperBook Reviews
Meritocracy and its Discontents
Michael Sandel says the hoi polloi are mad at the elites—and he thinks they have good reason to be.
By David MadlandBook Reviews
Rebuilding the American 'We'
There’s more to history than the results of the last election, and Robert Putnam reminds us that some hope reposes there.
By James T. Kloppenberg
There’s more to history than the results of the last election, and Robert Putnam reminds us that some hope reposes there.
