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Spring 2026, No. 80
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Symposium
What's the Not-So-Big Idea?
By
The Editors
1 MIN READ
Make Workplaces Safe
By
Donna Berkowitz
1 MIN READ
Working People Everywhere Need A Rural New Deal
By
Anthony Flaccovento
1 MIN READ
Hire 10,000 Corporate Cops
By
Seth Frotman
11 MIN READ
A Solidarity Net, Not a Safety Net
By
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
9 MIN READ
It's Time for an American Health Service
By
Alex Jacquez
8 MIN READ
Demand Third-Grade Literacy
By
Liam Kerr
1 MIN READ
Focus on Young Children
By
Lenny Mendonca
1 MIN READ
A National Long-term Care Guarantee
By
Kavita Patel
1 MIN READ
A Federal Customer Service Standard
By
Brandon Presley
1 MIN READ
Give Workers the Right of First Refusal
By
Bhaskar Sunkara
1 MIN READ
Ban Non-Compete Clauses
By
Tim Wu
1 MIN READ
Features
Upstairs-Downstairs Conservatism
MAGA might seem like an anti-intellectual movement, but conservatism’s past and present thinkers are deeply complicit in it.
By
Katherine Stewart
9 MIN READ
Liberals and the World
How should the left answer so-called “America First” foreign policy? A roundtable discussion.
By
The Editors
40 MIN READ
Book Reviews
Upstairs-Downstairs Conservatism
MAGA might seem like an anti-intellectual movement, but conservatism’s past and present thinkers are deeply complicit in it.
By
Katherine Stewart
9 MIN READ
Policy by the People
Experiments across the world have tried to remove politicians themselves from decision-making. And they’ve worked—well, kind of.
By
Ethan Porter
12 MIN READ
The Prerogative to Pardon
As with everything else, Donald Trump is pushing the pardon process to the breaking point. Can it be salvaged?
By
Liz Oyer
12 MIN READ
Playing for Keeps
People forget that Nevada, purple today, was once a pretty bright shade of red. Then Harry Reid came along.
By
Joan Walsh
21 MIN READ
Why Not for Black People?
The United States government has in fact recompensed injured groups in the past. So why won’t it do it for Black Americans?
By
Victor Ray
11 MIN READ
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