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Democracy will review either unsolicited manuscripts or detailed proposals for articles which summarize the intended topic and argument. We are strenuously non-partisan, and we are not interested in discussions of political positioning or electoral strategies for any party. Instead, we seek articles that explain how the world works or how it should work and that offer new ideas and new solutions to contemporary issues from across the progressive spectrum. We look for pieces that are willing to confront big questions and boldly step outside the bounds of conventional wisdom. Articles should be carefully researched and firmly grounded in hard data and deep thinking. For more on Democracy's mission statement, click here.

Submissions can be sent to dajoi@democracyjournal.org.

Feature articles typically run 4,000 to 6,000 words. Democracy does not accept unsolicited book reviews.

Obama Proposes Consumer Financial Protection Agency

News: President Barack Obama has proposed the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, an idea first written about in Democracy.

Failure to Blossom

Ronald Brownstein: Why did so many smart writers believe that Karl Rove's vision would succeed—and that Democrats had to mimic it?

The Values That Didn't Fail

Michael Tomasky: The twentieth anniversary of the fall of communism serves as a reminder that liberalism makes the right kind of "regime change" possible.

The Democracy Rule

James Traub: We can abandon Bushism—and still care how states treat their people. A response to Charles Kupchan and Adam Mount.

Beyond Guantánamo

Sarah E. Mendelson: Obama has to reclaim America's human rights mantle—and not some day, but this year, when the world is watching.

Davy Jones's Logic

Jonathan Stevenson: Why modern-day Captain Hooks respond to the invisible hand.

May It Please the Country

Eric Lane and Aziz Huq: For those worried about the Roberts Court: History shows that conservative Supreme Courts are surprisingly accommodating to liberal agendas.

The Zombie Party

Jonathan Rauch: Sarah Palin isn't the future of the Republican Party. But Charles Murray just might be.

The Washington Post Cites Warren's Democracy Article

News: The Financial Product Safety Commission, an idea originated in the pages of Democracy by Elizabeth Warren, is on the drawing board at the Obama White House, reports The Washington Post.

Senators Kennedy, Schumer and Durbin Introduce Financial Product Safety Commission Legislation

News: Senators Dick Durbin, Ted Kennedy and Chuck Schumer have proposed creating a Financial Product Safety Commission, an idea that originated in Democracy.

Michael Tomasky to Become Editor of Democracy

News: Michael Tomasky, a highly respected writer and editor with more than 20 years' experience covering American politics and helping to define and update progressive ideas, will join Democracy: A Journal of Ideas as its Editor.