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Better Vague Than Venal
Why Harris needs to further toughen her stance on immigration.
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Just Build
Moving the Needle in the Keystone State
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Why We Should Split Up Our Four Biggest States. And Why We Can’t.
Americans would be better off requiring big states to divide.
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The Lessons of Gyges
We want our government transparent, our public spaces safe, and our personal lives private. How's that working out?
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III. Building Unions That Grow and Innovate
Part III of a Labor Day Series on Revitalizing Private Sector Unions
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Measuring Economic Inequality
A side note on how economists look at inequality
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August 2024

II. Subverting Solidarity
Part II of a Labor Day series on how our labor laws weaken private sector unions.
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I. Why Force Unions To Run a Red Queen’s Race?
First in a Series of Posts on Rethinking American Labor Unions
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Breaking Through: A Week at the 2008 Iowa Caucuses
The Democratic National Convention gathering to nominate Kamala Harris is a good moment to recall the last time an unlikely Black politician generated…
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Killing a Tiny, Wasteful Federal Program
From the 2004 archive. Even the dumbest public programs generate a few supporters. I learned this the hard way in 1993.
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How Harris Earns Swing Voters in Swing States
Five themes to help Harris and Walz build support among working class voters.
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Whatever Happened to the United Farmworkers?
My take on Frank Bardacke's magistral history of the UFW
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