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Our New Deal Moment

Democrats swept the 1930 midterms—but it was what FDR did next that mattered most. Here’s what today’s progressives can learn from his example.

By Elizabeth Wilkins

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New, Cheaper Electricity Needs Permitting Reform

Why the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking to update a vague and archaic rule.

By William D. (Bill) Budinger Dr. Paul Bauman Ray Rothrock

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Ballot Initiatives Are Costly—and Worth It

What’s behind the current crackdown on ballot initiatives—and why it’s misguided.

By Maresa Strano Mark Schmitt

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The Schools Our Kids Deserve

By The Editors

Features

How Monopoly Fascism Rose Again

A generation of Americans learned from Nazi Germany that monopolies fuel fascism. It's time we relearned that lesson.

By Ron Knox

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Features

Governance in an Anti-System Age

What if returning to “normal” is not the safest path for our democracy, but the most dangerous one?

By Deepak Bhargava Felicia Wong

Book Reviews

Whose Fourth of July?

What 250 years of American commemorations reveal about our racial divide.

By Lester Spence

Features

How to Fix the Civil Service

It was broken long before Donald Trump. Here’s what went wrong—and how we can repair it.

By Margaret Mullins

Features

Fighting Wall Street’s Monopolies

Finance has consolidated within itself while fostering crushing market power throughout the economy. Here's how we can do better.

By Carter Dougherty

Book Reviews

Rate Players

The utility companies’ ploys to avoid regulation and thwart public power turn out to be as old as the industry itself.

By Marissa P. Gillett

Book Reviews

Is the Age of Equality Over?

Some people sure seem to think it should be. Actually, some people have thought this for a very long time.

By Michael Kazin

Arguments

The Solution to the AI Catch-22

As young workers face massive scarring from AI, there's one obvious fix Washington must pursue.

By Gene Sperling Josh Waldman

Symposium

Don’t Forget the Family

By Elliot Haspel Joe Waters

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