A Journal of Ideas

Inequality

Financial Secrecy Is a Middle-Out Issue

What better target for popular rage than wealthy people cheating on their taxes and leaving the rest of society holding the bag?

By Charles Davidson

Consciousness-Raising and Its Limits

Personal reflection can help change people’s racial attitudes. But attitudes aren’t what drives racial disparities.

By Patrick Mason Larry Mishel

Are Public Schools Finished?

Has the right’s vision of “education freedom” really triumphed? And at what cost to students?

By Jennifer C. Berkshire

Is Economic Justice Conservatism for Real?

The new right is speaking the language of progressive economics, but that doesn’t mean the left can find common ground.

By Matthew Duss

Giving Communities the Power

By Lauren Jacobs