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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?

The Case for More Parties

A path beyond our broken two-party system.

Climate, State, and Utopia

The defeat of fossil fuel interests is the first step to social justice.

The Future of Neurodiversity

The movement has made important progress, but focusing on rights and representation leaves too many behind.

The New Blue Divide

Democrats increasingly rely on affluent suburbanites. Does that spell the end of a bold economic agenda?

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.

How to End the War in Ukraine

On stopping the fighting and building the peace.

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.

AI’s Future Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian

AI can be used for good—but only if we modify our approach.

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. 

Taxing the Superrich

For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.

The American Corporation Is in Crisis—Let’s Rethink It

For decades, shareholder primacy has obscured the fact that employees should do well when businesses do well.

Finding the Future in Radical Rural America

Rural places weren’t always red, and many are turning increasingly blue.

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