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Democracy will review either unsolicited manuscripts or detailed proposals for articles which summarize the intended topic and argument. We are strenuously non-partisan, and we are not interested in discussions of political positioning or electoral strategies for any party. Instead, we seek articles that explain how the world works or how it should work and that offer new ideas and new solutions to contemporary issues from across the progressive spectrum. We look for pieces that are willing to confront big questions and boldly step outside the bounds of conventional wisdom. Articles should be carefully researched and firmly grounded in hard data and deep thinking. For more on Democracy's mission statement, click here.

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Warren to Head Consumer Financial Watchdog

News: President Obama appointed Elizabeth Warren to establish the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—an agency that Warren first proposed in the Summer 2007 issue of Democracy.

Health-Care Reform, 2015

Jacob S. Hacker: What the next health-care fight will look like—and why it might be even harder than the last one.

Attention: Deficit

Isabel Sawhill and Greg Anrig: Should progressives embrace entitlement reform? Or look elsewhere to narrow the gap? An exchange between two leading fiscal experts.

Red, Brown, and Blue

Ray Suarez: How our definition of whiteness has changed with each new wave of immigration—and how it needs to change again.

The Un-Reluctant Fundamentalist

Michelle Goldberg: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: brave critic of Islam on the grounds of its illiberalism—and champion of illiberal means to “crush” it.

A More Perfect Union

Henry Farrell: Over the years, European leaders forgot how to justify integration to their citizens. It’s time they remember—and proceed with tough reforms.

Advise and Dissent

David Dayen: History shows that dissent within the progressive ranks has been vital to advancing the liberal agenda. A response to Michael Tomasky.

Martial Flaw

Jim Sleeper: How to spin ancient history to justify modern-day orchestrations of military power.

Detention Hall

Elbert Ventura: As a new school year begins, teachers’ unions find themselves very much alone.

In Front of His Nose

Martin Kettle: Christopher Hitchens has had an orchestra seat from which to view history and has captured a lot—but what has he missed?

Why We Must Judge

Roger Berkowitz: It’s not all relative: Without judgment, a society loses its sense of justice.

The Rove Legacy

Thomas B. Edsall: He concedes nothing. He accepts no responsibility. He blames liberals. Why Karl Rove is still an icon for today's Republicans.

Against Despair

Michael Tomasky: How our misreading of history harms progressivism today.

DMV Liberalism

Joe Klein: Good governance--starting with transparency and citizen access--is the predicate for everything else.

From Democracy's Pages to Law of the Land

News: A letter from Editor Michael Tomasky on the signing of the financial regulatory reform bill—and the new consumer financial watchdog it establishes that was first written about in Democracy.