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How Did We Fare on COVID-19?
To restore public trust and prepare for the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with the U.S. experience—what worked, and what didn’t.
The Dead End of Checks and Balances
Far from the cure to Trumpian authoritarianism, the U.S. constitutional system is driving our democratic decline.
The AI We Deserve
Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where’s the utopian vision for what it could be?
A Different Freedom
American empire pushes freedom down a corrosive path—but that path is not the only one.
Solidarity Now
To make change, movements need to build endurance—the capacity to keep people showing up despite their differences.
Is Equal Opportunity Enough?
Focusing on opportunities instead of outcomes is misguided—politically and philosophically.
The Limits of the Growth Economy
It’s bad for the planet and bad for us. Fortunately, sustainable living need not come at the expense of well-being.
Make Progressive Politics Constitutional Again
We must reject the legal liberalism that attempts to cordon off constitutional questions from democratic politics.
Public Policy after Pandemic
The United States wasn’t prepared for COVID-19, despite decades of warnings. What must we do to plan more effectively?
What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about Innovation
To generate local, inclusive prosperity, cities must think beyond tech accelerators and science parks.
Industrial Policy’s Comeback
We need a mission-oriented approach to the economy that embraces an active role for government in spurring growth and innovation.
How to Fix the Climate
Diplomacy isn’t enough. To decarbonize the economy, we must integrate bottom-up, local experimentation with top-down, global cooperation.
What Does It Take to Get Women Elected?
If women’s suffrage was the battle of the twentieth century, women’s representation will be the battle of the twenty-first.
Higher Education in the Age of Coronavirus
COVID-19 will accelerate a number of troubling longer-term trends—including less public funding and a migration of courses online.
Reclaiming Populism
A political appeal to “the people” is a central element of democratic societies. Can we imagine a revitalized, multiracial populist politics today?
Angry Forever
There are two problems with anger: it is morally corrupting, and it is completely correct.
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