A Journal of Ideas

Features

Imagining a New New Deal

More government intervention will mean more freedom, not less—but only if progressives focus directly on issues of power and equity.

By K. Sabeel Rahman

How the Law Harms Public Health

The pandemic highlights the urgent need to change the legal paradigm from individual responsibility to social solidarity.

By Lindsay F. Wiley Samuel R. Bagenstos

Rust Belt in Transition

What has happened in Pennsylvania’s, and the entire Rust Belt’s, “Middle Suburb” counties, and can it be reversed?

By Lara Putnam

Can Higher Ed Survive the Pandemic?

Some colleges will close. Most will have less money. But here are six ideas for a strong future.

By Daniel Baer

How to End Wage Stagnation

By John E. Schwarz, Harry M. Lasker, David Callahan, & William C. Coleman