By Molly Ball
Far
from getting stronger, the Tea Party is now just another faction within
the GOP, and an arriviste one at that. A response to the "Is the Party
Over?" symposium.
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For many women, the Internet has
become a pit of sexual harassment and death threats. Government -- and
tech companies -- can do something about it.
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Dear Democracy Reader,
We are delighted to present Issue #32 of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.
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By Jason Furman
Tax credits have arguably done more to reduce poverty than programs have. It's time to expand them once again.
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By Mike Konczal
Conservatives
dream of returning to a world where private charity fulfilled all
public needs. But that world never existed -- and we're better for it.
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By Monica Potts
Journalists who write on poverty often reduce their subjects to vessels of misery. But empathy, not pity, is what the poor need.
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By Brian Katulis
Today's progressives are often as muddled in their thinking about U.S. involvement in the world as conservatives are divided.
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By Richard D. Kahlenberg
Few elites give much thought to community colleges. But they educate 44 percent of our undergraduates -- and they need help.
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By James Surowiecki
Economic forecasting has become much more sophisticated in the decades since its invention. So why are we still so bad at it?
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By Molly Worthen
The postwar liberal intellectuals built a political cosmology that rejected religion. But it was still fiercely moral.
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By Vanessa Williamson
It's no surprise that
the 1 percent would fight against high taxes. But how do they get so
many 99 percenters to fight at their side?
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By Tom Perriello
Congress has 535 members. Only a handful come from the working class -- and that's a problem for all of us.
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We're thrilled with this issue's line-up, and hope you will be too. Thank you as always for reading, and enjoy.
Sincerely,
Michael Tomasky
Editor
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