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Left-of-center political quarterly. Named Best New Publication by the Independent Press Awards, and described as what Obama's reading by Politico.
Washington, D.C.
Joined March 2010
I hope you'll read my new essay in Democracy Journal about how I believe my party can chart a new path forward and rebuild our country:
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To win again, we need to speak to voters about the ideas that drew me to the party in the first place: opportunity, security, and justice.
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In @semafor this morning: "The Democratic Party needs to demonstrate that it can solve the problems that voters are focused on in order to win future national elections, Sen @ChrisCoons argues in a new essay."
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To win again, we need to speak to voters about the ideas that drew me to the party in the first place: opportunity, security, and justice.
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"The technologies required to deliver effectively limitless clean energy exist." And what stands between us and an amazing future of abundant and clean energy is one thing. Fear. @DemJournal
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“Time is a precious resource in a democracy: It affords the opportunity for reflection, the chance to recognize danger and react appropriately by building bridges and defenses.” @DemJournal
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The law can protect democracy—but only up to a certain point. After that, it’s up to the people. And there’s the challenge.
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Letter of recommendation: @marthagimbel's gimlet-eyed review of the new @AmerCompass book, particularly this point about the preferences revealed by what you actually fight for. https://t.co/J7WqcARu2n
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My new essay (with @BojanBugaric) for @DemJournal: “How long can judicial resistance last when it is to come from unelected lower court judges, if it comes at all? We believe that the momentary flurry of judicial activity is fool’s gold.”
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I argue in @DemJournal that regulatory independence is a progressive value. It is necessary for our high standard of living and serves as a rejection of the era of backroom dealmaking and governing on the basis of campaign donations and bribes.
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Want a blueprint for pivoting from climate rollbacks to a strategic climate offense? That's my focus in a new article out today in @DemJournal. Check it out in the reply! The path forward is a new climate agenda written not about impacted workers & communities, but by them. ㅤ
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If Democrats regain power, this is ultimately the bar they need to leap over in order to meet the moment. Deliver "results that people can see and feel." Read the full piece by @ewwilkins of the @rooseveltinst via @DemJournal
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FDR showed us that the best defense against authoritarianism is a democratic economy that empowers everyone. That’s the fight now: to put people at the center and secure the #GoodLife for all. CEO @ewwilkins explores the fight ahead @DemJournal: https://t.co/w6IW9IXqjZ
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“Working people are angrier than ever. And missing this populist moment, this fleeting window for persuasion, would be a grave mistake if we want to win the fight for what comes next.” Make sure to read the full piece in @DemJournal:
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By bringing the public into the policymaking process, we can shape a better economy and rebuild faith in democracy.
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Stagnant wages. Rising costs. Broken trust. The market-first consensus has collapsed. In @DemJournal, @ewwilkins lays out the path to a democratic economy—one built with people, not just for them. https://t.co/noDFNvID3v
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The market-first consensus has collapsed—leaving stagnant wages, rising costs, and hollowed-out communities. For @DemJournal, CEO @ewwilkins argues that what comes next will define this century: authoritarian decline or a democratic economy that delivers.
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By bringing the public into the policymaking process, we can shape a better economy and rebuild faith in democracy.
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@pastpunditry reviews Tanenhaus: “Tanenhaus chronicles Buckley’s fraught relationship to power and truth, his rapid rise through America’s elite institutions, and his sprawling career as a right-wing revolutionary who expanded his inherited social and economic power” @DemJournal
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In a new piece for the @DemJournal, Senior Director Dan Carol argues for using tariff revenues to support communities left behind by globalization and industrial decline. He proposes a “Forgotten America Fund” to direct investment into local economies through performance-based
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New from CLJE: In @DemJournal, @sharblock and CLJE Fellows @rdnayak and @SeemaNanda discuss the existential threats to the NLRA, the need for innovative state and local policy, and the fundamental importance of unions to a functioning democracy https://t.co/3iDEy6w1rb
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The historic labor act faces unprecedented assaults in the Trump era. Here’s what that means for our democracy.
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I was excited to write this piece for @DemJournal with my @CLJEHarvard colleagues @sharblock and Seema Nanda – explaining the attack on the National Labor Relations Act, and the stakes for workers and our democracy.
The NLRA is under attack, and it’s not just workers who would lose out. Unions are fundamental to a functioning democracy, and strong unions can mount a defense for workers and for democracy. Read our latest in @DemJournal ⬇️ https://t.co/3iDEy6w1rb
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Few politicians think about the long term implications of their choices. Trump especially lives in the moment. So what has Trump wrought by ending regulator independence? Empowered agencies that progressives should use, say @sethfrotman and @Jeremy_Kress in @DemJournal
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From @sethfrotman & @Jeremy_Kress in @DemJournal: "When progressives are returned to power, they will face a choice: fight to restore a broken system that never worked for working people, or learn to use the centralized power Trump created."
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Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were.
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Financial regulation often is not some technocratic science where experts can objectively find the “right” answer. These decisions involve fundamentally political tradeoffs -- Provocative new piece by @Jeremy_Kress Seth Frotman in @DemJournal. https://t.co/ZJlkj9XNVR
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Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were.
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