“In the near term, demography is not destiny for Democrats—and nor is it for the progressive agenda, since the Democratic Party remains the only viable conduit for that agenda.”
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Voices: Stop Pretending Democrats and Republicans Are Playing the Same Supreme Court Game
Liberals have complained about Republican hypocrisy for decades. The premise is that two sides are playing a game by a common set of rules. But the GOP stopped playing that game a long time ago.
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The New Democratic Platform Is Marked by Progressive Inroads
Joe Biden is a moderate, but the platform he’s running on suggests he’ll pursue a wide range of progressive goals if elected.
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The Red Lines Banks Drew Around Black Prosperity Are Hard to Erase
Voices columnist Jonathan Weiler examines “The Color of Law,” Richard Rothstein’s excavation of the roots of white supremacy in the U.S.
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The Immorality of Moral Hazards in a Time of Bailouts
Million-dollar giveaways to the rich? No problem! Subsistence for the struggling? Well, we can’t have people dependent on the government, can we?
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The Era of Big Government Is … Back?
The question of who is deserving of government largesse has always anchored debates about the programs—and it’s always been inextricably tied to race.
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How the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Reshape American Politics, for Better or Worse
What seem like unshakeable, iron laws of political and social life have a habit of transforming.
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The Plot to Control America, Part 2
Since the 2016 election, President Trump has insisted—without evidence, naturally—that the only reason he didn’t win the popular vote (he lost by nearly 3 million votes) was that “millions” of non-citizens voted illegally.
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The Plot to Control America, Part 1
If you can’t win at the ballot box, make it harder for your opponents to vote.
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After Iowa: The Challenges, Opportunities, and the Paradox Awaiting Democrats in November
“That doesn’t mean their long-term solutions are wrong. But they may be, if nothing else, victims of bad timing.”