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Personnel Is Policy
The vital importance of appointing people who work—and think—in the public interest.
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Iowa and Democratic Funders' Delusions
Iowa’s App-pocalyse was typical of a system that squanders resources on actors far from the action. There’s a better way to spend that money.
By Lara PutnamMagazine
No More School Districts!
At the root of educational inequality: the rich and poor districts that keep education segregated. Here are the three reforms we need.
By Kevin CareyTHE LATEST FROM DEMOCRACY
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Iowa and Democratic Funders' Delusions
Iowa’s App-pocalyse was typical of a system that squanders resources on actors far from the action. There’s a better way to spend that money.
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Beyond Compromise
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Public Futility
Public options in a range of areas can be part of a smart domestic policy mix, but choice alone is not enough.
By Vanessa Williamson
Public options in a range of areas can be part of a smart domestic policy mix, but choice alone is not enough.
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Sticking With the Union
The key to labor’s future: thinking beyond its own membership to the entire working class.
By Lindsay Beyerstein
The key to labor’s future: thinking beyond its own membership to the entire working class.
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It's the Economists, Stupid
How an obsession with markets has produced rising inequality and undermined democracy.
By Isabel Sawhill
How an obsession with markets has produced rising inequality and undermined democracy.
