What’s Behind DHS’s Abuses
Published: April 7, 2025 15:47
DHS was created with a civil rights office to prevent the abuses we’re seeing now. Funny thing—Trump shut it down.
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What’s Behind DHS’s Abuses
Published: April 7, 2025 15:47
DHS was created with a civil rights office to prevent the abuses we’re seeing now. Funny thing—Trump shut it down.
Reining in Our Tech God-Emperors
Published: March 28, 2025 14:32
The Web We Weave: Why We Must Reclaim the Internet from Moguls, Misanthropes, and Moral Panic by Jeff Jarvis • Basic Books • 2024 • 272 pages • $29 When Elon Musk brought the U.S. government to the brink of shutdown over a spending bill in December, he…
The “New” American Fascists
Published: March 21, 2025 14:15
They’re a lot like the old fascists, but with a little more polish—and a lot more money.
The Parties Failed Us; Long Live Parties!
Published: March 21, 2025 10:15
Unrepresentative political parties certainly haven’t helped our democracy. But can rebuilding parties save it?
Deconstructing Housing
Published: March 20, 2025 15:55
The market alone can’t fix America’s housing crisis. A public option can.
Beyond Deliverism
Published: March 20, 2025 14:30
What we need is policymaking as power-building. It is related to deliverism—but goes way beyond it.
Banking on Democracy
Published: March 17, 2025 10:10
Fed governance can be improved, of course, but it is not fundamentally undemocratic.
The Abundance Doctrine
Published: March 14, 2025 11:15
How modern liberalism became too obsessed with saying no—and can learn to say yes again.
Time for People-Centered Policy
Published: March 12, 2025 17:06
Organizers are out there listening to people. It’s imperative that policymakers also listen to them.
A Test of Executive Power
Published: March 12, 2025 14:51
The Trump administration wants a judicial showdown over independent agencies. The history is muddled—and the consequences vast.