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Ferguson won’t change anything. What will? Glenn Loury leads the forum, with responses from Doug Henwood, Danielle Allen, and others. Elsewhere in the issue: Steven Shapin on whether science makes you good, Samuel Moyn on the origins of liberalism, Amy Dean profiles Richard Trumka, and Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig on affirmative consent laws.
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WITH RESPONSES FROM CHRISTOPHER LEBRON, DANIELLE ALLEN, MELISSA NOBLES, HAROLD POLLACK, GARY SEGURA, TRACEY L. MEARES AND BENJAMIN JUSTICE, SUSAN STURM, MICHAEL C. DAWSON, DOUG HENWOOD, AND DORIAN T. WARREN.
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