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A Splendid IRS

By Vanessa Williamson

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A Progressive Consumption Tax

By William Gale

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Cracking Down on Pass-Throughs

By Corey Husak

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The Right Way to Tax the Ultra-Rich

By Brian Galle

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Revive Congress’s Fiscal Watchdog

Presidents are treating fiscal restraints as optional. Congress can restore the officer originally created to enforce them.

By Mark Thomas

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What Real Democracy Might Look Like

Any post-MAGA renewal of democracy starts with a federal right to vote. But it hardly ends there.

By Jefferson Cowie

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Expensing—Not Worth the Expense

By Lily L. Batchelder

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Why Corporations Must Pay More

By Steve Wamhoff Amy Hanauer

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The Tricky Politics of Revenue

By Jared Bernstein Andrea Louise Campbell

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Toward A New Birth of Patriotism

We need to make life better for young people and instill in them an appreciation for the genius of American democracy.

By William A. Galston Linda Chavez

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Market Humanism: A New Paradigm for a New Era

Progressives have been fighting on the neoliberals’ terms. Market Humanism flips that—and provides a winning and more humane narrative. Oh—and a far more prosperous country.

By Nick Hanauer Eric Beinhocker

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The Real Districting Culprit

It isn’t gerrymandering. It’s the existence of single-member districts in the first place. It was never designed to help minority voters.

By Cecilia Muñoz

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What's the Not-So-Big Idea?

By The Editors

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