The many bonds the German theorist built and maintained across disagreements were beautiful—and ungeneralizable to America’s crisis of comradery today.
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Posted inNewsletter
Liberals Need to Care About the National Debt
Reining in the debt is the only way to achieve progressive goals.
Posted inCollege Guide
A Radically Simple Plan to Fix Higher Education
Voters couldn’t be clearer in their demand for greater affordability, with college costs near the top of their list. Here’s how to deliver it.
Posted inPolitics
The Democratic Party Is Divided (But Not How You Think)
New polling shows not so much ideological division among Democrats but a lack of consensus about where the party should go.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Affordability Case for Public Factories
It’s not socialism. Public factories are an old American answer to monopoly profiteering. The Progressive Caucus wants to bring them back.
Posted inNewsletter
Women Are Getting Slammed in Trump’s Economy
Women are losing jobs, leaving the workforce, and reporting high levels of financial insecurity.
Posted inPolitics
The Problem with Making “Affordability” The Problem
New tax cut proposals from Senators Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen abandon effective progressive policies. They’re not alone.
Posted inNewsletter
The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on “Affordability”
Some of America’s biggest companies rely on public benefits to subsidize their employees. Why aren’t they defending their workers against cuts?
Posted inHealth Care
Reform on Ice
Trump’s undeclared war in the Middle East postpones the much-needed debate over health care affordability—the #1 issue bedeviling average Americans.
