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Theda Skocpol

Middle America Reboots Democracy

We spent months talking with anti-Trump forces—and they're not who pundits say they are.

February 20, 2018, 2:26 pm – 21 MIN READ

Can Marches Become a Movement?

The esteemed Theda Skocpol lays out the lessons the Tea Party movement holds for the left today.

February 2, 2017, 6:39 pm – 13 MIN READ

Whither the Sanders Left?

Fall 2016, No. 42 – 7 MIN READ

Coming Home

Can America ever repeat the success of the G.I. Bill?

Fall 2006, No. 2 – 16 MIN READ

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