Robert L. Borosage

Robert L. Borosage is president of the Institute for America's Future.

Currently

  • Exacting Change

    May 27, 2009

    Obama's signature economic reforms are under siege. Without a grassroots challenge to business as usual, we won't get the change we were promised, much less the change we need.

  • Comes the Change

    March 4, 2009

    Obama's first budget is an audacious plan to transform America. But in sad testament to how deeply we've fallen, it is not bold enough.

2008

  • A New New Deal?

    December 23, 2008

    Because conservatives refused to invest in our future, America is falling apart. Are we ready to expand the social contract?

  • Progressives in the Obama Moment

    August 13, 2008

    Here's how progressives can ensure Obama's success.

  • A Sea-Change Election?

    March 13, 2008

    The 2008 presidential election could signal the most dramatic political shift since Reagan.

2007

  • The Economy Debates

    August 23, 2007

    Want to know the real differences between the candidates? Listen to what they say about the economy.

  • High Stakes on Health

    June 27, 2007

    Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?

  • Jackal Time

    June 7, 2007 Subscribe

    Will the Supreme Court declare banks immune from liability for their role in the Enron debacle?

  • New Energy for America

    May 17, 2007

    Under Bush, the right has failed to address energy independence. Can Democrats rise to the challenge?

  • When's the Idea Primary?

    March 6, 2007

    This should be a time for vision and bold ideas, yet caution is the order of the day--and activist voters are demanding more.

2006

  • The Economic Debate: Fear vs. Corruption

    October 5, 2006

    As election day approaches, don't expect a reasoned discussion of economic policy between the two parties. A barrage of quips and one-liners have taken the place of detail and fact in political debate.

  • The Turning?

    June 8, 2006

    Given the scope of conservative ruin, how do progressives seize the day? Start by challenging entrenched interests and ideology, and support candidates and causes while curbing the interests of big money.

2005

  • A *Real* Contract With America

    October 6, 2005

    The Gulf Coast hurricanes could dislodge decades-long conservative domination of US politics, but only if Democrats offer an alternative vision of government and society to voters.

  • Republican Wilding

    August 2, 2005

    The corruption that characterizes the Administration will not be curbed by reasoned argument, appeals to moderates, public skepticism or the Democratic minority.

  • The Dreams of George Bush

    February 3, 2005

    The boldness of Bush's ambition is matched only by the wrongheadedness of his priorities.

  • Turning Up the Heat on Bush

    January 13, 2005

    Activists are pushing hard from below.

2004

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2002

2001

2000

  • Beneath the Divide

    November 30, 2000 Subscribe

  • A Democratic House: Why It Matters

    October 19, 2000

    A Democratic majority will get a few decent things done but how much Congress does depends on where the public is: Significant changes will occur only if an aroused citizenry can overcome entrenched interests and force Congress to move.

  • Money Talks

    August 10, 2000

  • Vote for Gore

    August 10, 2000

1999

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» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
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» Editor's Cut

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» The Beat

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» The Dreyfuss Report

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» Act Now!

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