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  • History
    We Are Radicals at Heart — Don't Forget It
    June 30, 2017
    | Harvey J. Kaye
    A historian reminds us that to truly “make America great again” we must enhance freedom, equality and democracy, not diminish them.
  • Civil Liberties
    Red Alert: The First Amendment Is in Danger
    June 2, 2017
    | Bernard Weisberger
    If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can’t happen here, the answer is that it already has.
  • Democracy & Government
    Federalism, Explained
    March 24, 2017
    | Gail Ablow
    This week's episode of Democracy Apprentice.
  • Democracy & Government
    Progressives, Take Hold of American History
    November 15, 2016
    | Harvey J. Kaye
    The election results may have been different had Democrats embraced America's past and its radical imperative of freedom, equality and democracy.
  • Democracy & Government
    Don't Count on Congress to Rein In a President Trump
    July 21, 2016
    | Lori Cox Han
    "There is nothing to stop a president from initiating action, even if unconstitutional," one scholar observes.
  • Money & Politics
    Government of, by and for... Consultants!
    June 29, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    Politics is a battlefield for a new breed of war profiteer.
  • Democracy & Government
    “We the People” in the Era of Trump
    April 5, 2016
    | Harry Boyte and Michael Lansing
    Are the crowds that cheer on Trump and Sanders a rabble or the architects of democracy? Donald Trump’s recent success gives an old debate new life.
  • History
    Reading Hamilton From the Left
    September 13, 2014
    | Christian Parenti
    The left has always favored Thomas Jefferson over Alexander Hamilton -- but not only was Hamilton more progressive for his time, he has lessons for our response to climate change.
  • David Brooks Asks “What Is America For?” We Must Provide the Answer
    July 1, 2014
    | Harvey J. Kaye
    We need to articulate America’s democratic purpose and remind ourselves and our fellow citizens what it means to be an American, writes Harvey Kaye.
  • Thomas Jefferson's Betrayal
    June 29, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    It's important to remember that, behind the July 4th holiday, are human beings who were as flawed as they were inspired.


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