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The End of the Establishment?

The establishment doesn’t wish to understand, because that would mean acknowledging its role in bringing all this on.

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The Death of the Republican Party

What’s left is a lifeless shell.

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Why We Must Try

We must get big money out of our democracy, end crony capitalism, and make our economy and democracy work for the many.

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It Takes a Movement

“The real world we’re living in” right now won’t allow fundamental change of the sort we need.

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The Most Pragmatic Way to Fix American Democracy

The real choice isn’t “pragmatism” or “idealism.”

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The Volcanic Core Fueling the 2016 Election

The upcoming election isn’t about detailed policy proposals.

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Who Lost the White Working Class?

Why did the white working class abandon the Democrats?

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The Big Short and Bernie’s Plan to Bust Up Wall Street

To paraphrase philosopher George Santayana, those who cannot remember they were screwed by Wall Street are condemned to be screwed again.

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At Stake in 2016: Ending Vicious Cycle of Wealth and Power

As reformers of the Progressive Era understood more than a century ago, no single president or any other politician can accomplish what’s needed.

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Rotten Apples or Rotten Systems?

Shkreli may be a rotten apple. But hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle.