Abundance also requires a full reimagining of public and private investment in things like housing, clean energy development, and modernized transportation networks—areas where current market and ...

H.A. Smith (extreme left) and Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (right center) stand with hands upraised on October 20, 1947, as Smith, ...

Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were. Sign up for our print ...

On a rainy Tuesday afternoon in late June, Rosa Justo, a barangay (village) captain in one of Manila’s many shantytowns, buried yet another of her constituents killed in Philippine President Rodrigo ...

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This Sunday, September 30, Democracy board member and frequent contributor Nick Hanauer will receive the 2018 Harvard and MIT Humanist of the Year award in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Here, we asked ...

We must approach the world’s most populous country with an eye to its wide variation and profound contradictions. This is true of China’s changing role on the world stage—its trade policies, military ...

As the Democratic primary heats up, what is particularly notable is how little the progressive debate is centered around Donald Trump, and how much it is revolving, instead, around big ideas and moral ...

Donald Trump is the ultimate unilateralist, and not a particularly talented one. He undermines and demeans close allies. He pulls out of treaties and international accords designed to advance our own ...

While much important attention has been placed on the history of redlining in housing, as well as on disparities in education, health care, and economic opportunity, among other areas, the inequities ...

Barack Obama takes office after eight years of a disastrous administration. Two bungled wars, a record-setting deficit, a near-economic collapse, and a government that isn' t trusted at home or abroad ...

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