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RepublicansFebruary 21, 2023
The Absurd Specter of “Woke Communism”
Ironically, those decrying woke communism may be loony about “communism,” but they are unintentionally right that capitalism is indeed the problem.
Steve Fraser
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Supreme CourtSeptember 9, 2022
The Supreme Court’s Long History of Conservatism
From the beginning, the Supreme Court was conceived as a bulwark against excessive democracy, as indeed was the Constitution itself.
Steve Fraser
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Election 2020October 16, 2020
Donald Trump Is America’s First Conspiracist President
His paranoid fantasies are for the masses, but they are propped up by plenty of elites.
Steve Fraser
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EnvironmentOctober 18, 2019
The Greening of the New Deal
The New Deal succeeded in overcoming the existential threat of the Great Depression. Can the Green New Deal curb a much larger catastrophe?
Steve Fraser
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Labor OrganizingApril 17, 2018
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Election 2016November 11, 2016
The Dinosaur and the Billionaire
The Democratic Party must learn to confront the institutions and elites that produced blue-collar dispossession.
Steve Fraser
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Election 2016June 2, 2016
Liberalism Is Under Attack From the Left and the Right
From feeling the Bern to cheering The Donald, Americans are done with acquiescing to the political establishment.
Steve Fraser
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HistoryApril 2, 2015
What We Can Learn From the Workers, Activists and Even Politicians Who Tore Down the First Gilded Age
Americans were furious at the inequalities of their country 200 years ago. Could they get as angry today?
Steve Fraser
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BusinessSeptember 11, 2014
How the Koch Brothers and Other Family Capitalists Are Ruining America
Why are multibillionaires dictating how America teaches its youth, provides healthcare and collects taxes?
Steve Fraser
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CitiesApril 16, 2013
A Wall Street State of Mind
How a city that once celebrated seamstresses and stevedores came to admire "big swinging dicks."
Steve Fraser