Forget Trump’s tariffs. Big Ag is driving a new farm crisis.
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To Take Back the Map, Democrats Need a Plan to Revive Heartland Cities
The clustering of growth in a few coastal metro areas is partly to blame for the rise of GOP minority rule.
The Democrats’ Pop-Up Foreign Policy Problem
Conservatives have created a permanent infrastructure of think tanks to generate foreign policy positions regardless of who’s in the White House. Liberals need to do the same.
The World Is Choking on Digital Pollution
Society figured out how to manage the waste produced by the Industrial Revolution. We must do the same thing with the Internet today.
The FTC Might Just Be Progressives’ Secret Weapon
A century ago, reformers gave the Federal Trade Commission extraordinary powers to take on abusive corporations. It’s time to wake the agency up.
The Forgotten Lessons of LBJ’s Domestic Legacy
From food stamps to Medicare, Johnson’s Great Society offers a model for how to create enduring federal initiatives by pulling together broad, diverse coalitions.
Editor’s Note: Check Your Coastal Urban Privilege
If affluent liberals want to avoid a permanent GOP dictatorship, they need to reform a system that benefits them but screws everybody else.
The Lab-Grown Meat Industry’s Problem With Regulation? There’s Not Enough.
American entrepreneurs are close to perfecting cell-cultured meat. But thanks to the conservative war on the regulatory process, you may never get to eat it.
Three Ways Democrats Can Fix the Farm Economy
Executing these ideas may require the White House and Senate, but the House majority can begin developing and publicizing them right now.
Taking the Monopoly Threat Seriously
Louis Brandeis, the legendary jurist, warned of the spiritual and political costs of economic concentration. Today, that’s more relevant than ever.