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Setbacks in the Senate + The Inner Life of Authoritarians

Making Sense of the Madness: Smart Takes on Our Political Crisis

Launch of The Leadership Center for Democracy and Social Justice + new VOICE video

What Are U.S. Workers Up To? 10 questions and vignettes

7 Takeaways from the Build Back Better Wars and What Comes Next

Economics + Squid Game in Real Life + the challenges of progressive governance

The Democrats' Real Race and Immigration Problems: What's behind Biden's falling poll numbers in communities of color?

What is the ruling class thinking?

5 Lessons from the Week’s Budget Wars: How Progressives Went From Doormats to Power Brokers;

Is Neoliberalism Dying? (Beware The Walking Dead)

Climate Migration + The Texas Catastrophe

Best Essays, Part 2 + new Leadership Center for Democracy and Social Justice launches +

A huge opening for justice; Best essays, Part 1

A huge opening for justice; Best essays, Part 1

Summer Best Books (Part 2) + The Ongoing Threat to Democracy 

Your Summer Books Issue (I) + Joe Manchin, Explained + Juneteenth Perspectives + NYC election endorsements + glorious music you don’t know but should

Who are the real makers and takers in America?

"Why I'm Voting for Maya Wiley for Mayor" in The Nation today

The defining issue of our politics in the 21st century? + Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

What does leadership for the 21st century look like? 

Red Pill or Blue Pill? + What Chuck Schumer Needs to Learn from Samuel L. Jackson + A “woke” CIA? + Upcoming event on Immigration Matters

Movements, imagination, and politics + The grooviest music of the 20th century

Biden’s Next 100 Days: One Cheer, Two Fears

Big news, Immigration Matters + we need your help!

The Meaning of the Verdict + How Can Unions Grow?

“Share Our Wealth”: Plutocracy Is the Problem + Does Extreme Wealth Make You a Sociopath?

Will the U.S. become a “fortress democracy”? + Dog Meets Buddha + Lil Nas X

Voting rights will be the defining fight of 2021 + how did the bear cubs cross the road?

Children seeking refuge; Organizing at the cutting edge +

Is there a best kind of organizing? + camels, llamas + polyamory

The untold story of why the American Rescue Plan is SO damn progressive + a tribute to the welfare rights movement

Emotional alchemy (part 2): the racial dimensions of anger, fear, hope and pride + why zoom is so exhausting and what can we do about it?

The "Progressive Multiplier": How Democrats Can Defeat Trumpism

Emotional Alchemy: anger, fear, and grief as fuel for change (part 1)

The Great Policy Thaw: Cash without Conditions and Legalization without Harsh Enforcement …

racial reckoning, movements for racial justice, and governing for equity

dilemmas of authoritarianism and resistance . . . + joyous music and dance and, yes, a cat video

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