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The Progressives’ Agenda: What’s Left?

Ro Khanna on the midterms, plus Katha Pollitt on The Right to Sex.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

February 3, 2022

US Representative Ro Khanna on Center Stage during day two of Web Summit 2019. (Cody Glenn / Getty Images)

The Democrats are not doomed to defeat in the midterms, says Ro Khanna. Politics can turn around in the next few months. Khanna represents Silicon Valley in Congress, where he’s a prominent figure in the Progressive Caucus. His new book is Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us.

Additionally, Katha Pollitt comments on The Right to Sex, a provocative title by the feminist philosopher Amia Srinivasan. Does anyone have a right to sex? Who does? Who doesn’t?

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