We can’t just return to the status quo ante. Paradoxically, we’ll need a federal government with both more power and less.

Vice President of Policy Development at the Progressive Policy Institute and the Director of PPI’s Center for Funding America’s Future.

The ultra-wealthy’s dominant power in our political system forces the question: Should America limit billionaire fortunes? A ...

Policymakers from across the political spectrum are endorsing the abundance agenda, with voices ranging from Jared Polis to ...

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In our just-ended summer of racial turbulence, I experienced my own little moment of zeitgeist. Nothing ugly happened, but the incident made me reflect on the privilege I carry around, and the weight ...

Democrats have scored some nice wins against corporate oligarchs—and drawn clear lines. They must not stop.

The orderly transfer of power from one presidential administration to the next is a hallmark of our constitutional system of government. Every four or eight years, this momentous event reaffirms our ...

Yes, these authors purport to argue that Trump is a man of faith. Or he’s working on it. Or something.

Just as the delegates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention took recorded votes, so too did our delegates. In the early stages of this project, the participants met informally over Zoom to reach a ...

In the 1930s, former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced the monumental challenge of restoring Americans’ faith in the economy. Agriculture and heavy manufacturing were at the heart of ...

The beginning of China’s rise as a global power can be dated to the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. Throughout the next 16 years of the Bush and Obama ...