When Guns Trample Speech, Do We Have a Democracy?
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View ArticleLabor at a Crossroads: The Seeds of a New Movement
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View ArticleMeet the Working Families Party, Whose Ballot Line is in Play in New York
Editor's note: In New York's 2014 gubernatorial race, more than just who wins the governor's mansion is on the line. Also at stake is the automatic ballot access enjoyed by the Working Families Party,...
View ArticleThe Democrats' Catastrophe and the Need For a New Agenda
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View ArticleObama's Immigration Move About Much More Than Politics
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View ArticleSqueezed By Austerity Imposed By Germany, Greece and Spain on Verge of Revolt
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View ArticleThe Democrats in Opposition
This article appears in the Winter 2015 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here.Where should the Democrats go now? Losing both houses of Congress frees them to function as an opposition...
View ArticleRaising Wages From the Bottom Up
This article appears in the Spring 2015 issue of The American Prospect magazine. And click here for a free PDF of this 25th Anniversary Issue of the Prospect.
View ArticleRaising Wages From the Bottom Up
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View ArticleToday's GOP: The Party of Jefferson Davis -- Not Lincoln
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View ArticleNo Time for Tone
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View ArticleA Happy Labor Day—Really
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View ArticleWhy Democrats Need Both Clinton and Sanders
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View ArticleThe GOP Debate: When Ted Cruz Met Piketty and Saez
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View ArticleNow That They're Together, Can Bernie Sanders's Volunteers Build a New Left?
(Photo: AP/Kevin Wolf)(Photo: AP/Kevin Wolf) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a town hall meeting at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, on Wednesday, October 28....
View ArticleCreating a Conflict of Interest
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View ArticleWhy America Needs Another Trust-Busting Movement
(Photo: AP/Richard Drew)(Photo: AP/Richard Drew) ABInBev, which makes Budweiser, reached an agreement last month to combine with SABMiller, and in a related deal this week, MolsonCoors announced plans...
View ArticleBernie Defines Socialism
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View ArticleAmericans See a Government Of, By, and For the Rich
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View ArticleHow Hillary Clinton Can Shake the One Charge That Sticks to Her
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