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November/December 2015

Federal Reserved

First We Take Manhattan

Drive By

A Game Plan That Should Not Die

Secrets of the Chamber

The Revolution Will Not Be Organized

The Unheralded End of Mass Incarceration

AI Has an Anti-Woman Problem. Here’s How to Fix It

Why Democrats Should Be Most Worried About Troy Jackson (And It’s Not the Consultants)

Is Neoliberalism to Blame for America’s Health Care Woes?

The Grim Reality Behind a New Census Report

The Red Undertow in the Midterms

Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?

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