Modern Times

Congress is Frozen in Time. Let's Thaw it Out.

The case for modernizing The People's House

Dec 6 • 

Marty Manley

Will Democrats Decide to Win?

Beating MAGA Requires Smarter Economic Populism

Dec 4 • 

Marty Manley

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China is Becoming the World’s R&D Lab

No longer just the world's factory.

Dec 1 • 

Marty Manley

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November 2025

Is MAGA Devouring Itself?

Democrats are not the only ones with a taste for cannibalism

Nov 15 • 

Marty Manley

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October 2025

Lessons in Ruthless Pragmatism

Democrats Need to Practice Politics Like Canadians, Australians, and Danes

Oct 1 • 

Marty Manley

September 2025

Affective Polarization Makes Us Paranoid

But Quiet Compromises Happen Routinely Outside of Washington

Sep 28 • 

Marty Manley

Worker Power in the Age of AI

From the American Compass Collection "For Whom the Machine Toils"

Sep 27 • 

Marty Manley

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The Future of Technology Is No Longer American by Default

China is not only flooding markets, they are pulling ahead in nearly every critical technology field.

Sep 25 • 

Marty Manley

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As AI Gets Better at Thinking, We Are Getting Worse

Why Post-Literate May Be Neo-Feudal

Sep 23 • 

Marty Manley

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When Is Manipulation a Crime?

Companies Have Weaponized the Nudge

Sep 20 • 

Marty Manley

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August 2025

Political Power Flows From Shared Culture

But voters do not share the culture reflected by today's Democratic Party

Aug 26 • 

Marty Manley

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“Remember, Nobody Reads Anymore”

Taking deep literacy seriously

Aug 21 • 

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