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Donald Trump Exploits Our Great Paradox

As the founders knew, the only way to bring about the rupture of democracy is through the very exercise of democracy.

By Fernand Amandi

Fighting the Right's Narrative Dominance

Our strategists, donors, and leaders need to get real about the stakes for meaning-making in America.

By Heather McGhee

Donald Trump Re-Meets the World

Russia. Israel. China. What will Trump—and his pal Elon Musk—do, and how should progressives respond?

By Nancy Okail

Don't Give in on Economics

We’ve gotten far more right than wrong on economics, but we need to build a political economy in which voters can see themselves.

By Felicia Wong

Are Those Young Men Gone Forever?

Surviving the next four years is going to be an exercise in making common cause among people who disagree on many things.

By Ilyse Hogue