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For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.
For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.
We can learn a lot from the mid-century popularizing efforts that led to public consensus on Keynesian economic principles.
A new, neoliberal interpretation of the First Amendment is undermining the regulatory state—and every labeling and advertising law is now in the crosshairs.
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For decades, shareholder primacy has obscured the fact that employees should do well when businesses do well.
The UN's “responsibility to protect” framework has failed to achieve a just international order. The Caribbean movement for reparations points the way forward.
We need a more just conception of citizenship—one that abolishes the distinction between “natural” and naturalized citizens.
Three new books paint a chilling portrait of darkness in Wall Street, the law, and technology. But the apocalyptic metaphors obscure the real problem, hindering how we fight back.
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How new approaches to worker organizing are finding success.
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How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?
How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?
Traditional worker organizing has failed on every level. But new approaches are finding success, pointing the way to a more just future.
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