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Finding the Future in Radical Rural America

It's time to rewrite the narrative of “Trump Country.” Rural places weren't always red, and many are turning increasingly blue.

Elizabeth Catte

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We need more honesty about how class shapes the lives of everyone.

Nancy Isenberg

U.S. leftists have a particular weakness for romanticizing our past.

Michael Kazin

Genuine change-makers are rising down South.

Bob Moser

The work is happening—people just have to support it.

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

Rural America no longer has “plundering bosses.”

Elaine Kamarck

Obama reorganized our markets to push wealth upward.

Matt Stoller

Appalachian women fought for labor and health rights.

Jessica Wilkerson

In recent years there has been an explosion in rural queer organizing.

Hugh Ryan

The left cannot ignore strong conservatism on social issues.

Ruy Teixeira

Final Response: What we talk about when we talk about the working class.

Elizabeth Catte

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The Logic of Effective Altruism

A minimally acceptable ethical life involves using a substantial part of one’s spare resources to make the world a better place.

Peter Singer

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Curbing the New Corporate Power

Consumer prices are not the only concern raised by dominant companies.

K. Sabeel Rahman

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France After Charlie Hebdo

France's own political traditions can accommodate visible Islam and heal social divisions.

John Bowen

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Ferguson Won't Change Anything. What Will?

Michael Brown shouldn't be a poster child for social justice movements.

Glenn C. Loury

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Against Empathy

Most people see the benefits of empathy as too obvious to require justification.

Paul Bloom

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Build the Green Economy

1.2% of the GDP. That's all it would take to green the economy.

Robert Pollin

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Saving Privacy

Framing surveillance as a tradeoff between privacy and security is a dead end for democracy.

Reed Hundt

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How Finance Gutted Manufacturing

Since the 1980s, financial market pressures have driven companies to hive off activities that sustained manufacturing.

Suzanne Berger

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What Killed Egyptian Democracy?

The promise of democracy lies in its potential to cultivate political virtue over time. But Egypt's liberals, unnerved by the policies of the legitimate Muslim Brotherhood government, refused to wait.

Mohammad Fadel

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The Moral Responsibility of Volunteer Soldiers

Traditional just war theory has it wrong. Soldiers are morally culpable for fighting in unjust wars, and thus deserve the option of selective conscientious objection.

Jeff McMahan

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The Truth About GMOs

Genetically modified foods are safe for humans and pose no special environmental risk. Yet there are serious policy questions to consider.

Pamela Ronald

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Beyond Blame

The philosophy of personal responsibility has ruined criminal justice and economic policy. It's time to move past blame.

Barbara H. Fried

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