Democrats are focused on taking back power—but our democracy depends on them keeping it. To do that, they have to start thinking differently.
Winning Is Not Enough
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July/August 2018
The Socialist Network
Are today’s young, Bernie-inspired leftist intellectuals really just New Deal liberals?
One Landlord, One Vote
How a form of private governance is quietly remaking America’s cities.
Unhealthy Skepticism
How the media gets the story wrong on the Veterans Administration.
The 52-State Strategy: The Case for D.C.
D.C. statehood would be a boon for Democrats. But to make it happen, the party will have to get over its squeamishness about expanding its own power.
The 52-State Strategy: The Case for Puerto Rico
Ending the island’s colonial status would right a historic wrong—and permanently change the political map.
How the Right Wing Convinces Itself That Liberals Are Evil
Since the 1950s, the conservative movement has justified bad behavior—including supporting Donald Trump—by persuading itself that the left is worse.
Did the Fall of Local News Bring Us Authoritarianism in Washington?
The decline of local news is one of those developments that almost everyone knows can’t be good but almost no one feels compelled to do much about. Part of the reason is that the trend seems to be driven by market forces that we couldn’t control even if we tried. Part of it is the… Read more »
The Washington Lobbyist’s Phrasebook
A citizen’s guide to deciphering the mumbo-jumbo of K Street.
The Truth About Big Business
A new defense of the monopolization of the U.S. economy relies on cherry-picked data and misleading arguments.
United We Fall
The more homogenous the parties become, the uglier the divide between them.
Ready to Blow
In 1983, a nuclear war game almost turned real. Have we learned our lesson?
Party Faithful
Why being a Republican makes you more religious, and not just the other way around.
Successes of Philanthropy
