The politics of downward mobility and racial diversity have eroded the center, pushing Democrats to the left and Republicans toward an authoritarian right.
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The First Post-Middle-Class Election
Author: Harold Meyerson
Harold Meyerson is the editor-at-large at The American Prospect and a columnist for The Washington Post.
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Europe Goes American, and That Ain’t Good
The same racial, religious, and ethnic tensions that have long divided America are now unraveling Northern Europe’s bonds of solidarity.
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How the South Drives American Wages Down
A closer look at how the Southern slave labor system was rebooted and rolled out to the rest of America.
In recent cases on redistricting and gay marriage, Justice Kennedy reveals himself as a vanishing breed of West Coast moderate Republican.