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First Principles: Reclaiming Citizenship
An older liberalism once championed the ideas of civic responsibility and the common good. Then came the battles for rights. Those were and are necessary. But today, to revive progressivism, we need to rediscover the forgotten language of obligation and engagement, foster civic agency, and launch a new and redemptive twenty-first century Americanization movement.
- James T. Kloppenberg: Restoring the Language of Obligation
- Carmen Sirianni: The Networks of Self-Governance
- Eric Liu: Sworn-Again Americans
Introducing iGov
Even people who support government dread having actual encounters with it. Things don’t have to be that way.
A Subsidy for Dignity
A successful idea from Europe can make eldercare more affordable—and provide well-paying jobs—as the boomers approach retirement.
A New Progressive Federalism
Distrust of states’ rights exists for good historical reasons, but today, minorities and dissenters can rule at the local level.
The Politics of Less
Why the coming battles over scarcity don’t necessarily favor the party of small government.
“Moocher Class” Warfare
How four decades of radical individualism diminished society and gave rise to the Tea Party.
Arabian Fights
Why it’s a little early for dramatic and sweeping statements about the Arab uprisings.
Russian Arc
The Soviet Union ended with a whimper, and Russia struggles on, facing a future nearly as bleak as its past.
Survival of the Richest
Is economic behavior best understood in Darwinian terms? Actually, no.
Editor’s Note
Michael Tomasky introduces issue #24
Democracy No!
Progressive support for democracy promotion and military intervention ignores our dismal history. A response to Rosa Brooks and Tom Perriello.
Letters to the Editor
Letters from our readers
The Vexed Generation
Why is the progressive establishment so bad at motivating the youth vote?
“Religious Freedom” Concerns Are an Argument for Single-Payer
Because Medicaid, through federal and state tax dollars, covers prescription contraception in at least 40 states, most Catholics (and everyone else) already pay for other peoples’ birth control, and will continue to do so regardless of whatever accommodation or legislation ends up passing.
Strained Skepticism
A coalition of moderate Democrats and moderate Republicans provided a critical foundation for U.S. foreign policy throughout the long decades of the Cold War. That coalition is today under threat—and more from the Republicans than from the Democrats.
Lochner and Liberty: A Response to David Bernstein
If I may put it this way, from an internalist legal perspective, the traditional Lochner story was way too crude. From a perspective with stronger externalist notes, it captures important features of that time, which our time shares. Today as then, laissez-faire ideas in the larger intellectual and political culture contribute to the development of anti-regulatory lines of jurisprudence.
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Democracy Authors Nick Hanauer & Eric Liu on “Charlie Rose”
Nick Hanauer, a member of Democracy’s board of advisers, and Eric Liu, member of our editorial committee, appeared on the April 26 episode of “Charlie Rose” to discuss their new book, The Gardens of Democracy
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Utne Reader Reprints Tomasky Essay
The most recent issue of the Utne Reader reprints Michael Tomasky’s essay “The Greatest Story Never Told,” which first appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.
