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This Book Could Change the Way Conservatives Read the Constitution
“Against Constitutional Originalism” by historian Jonathan Gienapp could fundamentally reorient how we understand America’s founding.
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Cass R. Sunstein
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Washington Post
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September 25, 2024
Impeachment, American Style
It’s our democracy’s ultimate weapon for self-defense. But does intense political opposition justify its use?
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Cass R. Sunstein
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The New Yorker
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September 20, 2017
Were the Framers Democrats?
Review of The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution, by Michael J. Klarman.
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Cass R. Sunstein
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The New Rambler
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October 31, 2016
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What the Civil Rights Act Really Meant
An overlooked effect of the legislation, passed 60 years ago this week, was its powerful message of hope for Black Americans.
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William Sturkey
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The Atlantic
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July 5, 2024
Tragedy Kept Alan Krueger From Claiming a Nobel Prize, but He’s Not Forgotten
The economist, along with David Card, was instrumental in changing America’s mind about the minimum wage.
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Timothy Noah
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The New Republic
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October 14, 2021
Who Lost the Sex Wars?
Fissures in the feminist movement should not be buried as signs of failure but worked through as opportunities for insight.
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Amia Srinivasan
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The New Yorker
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September 3, 2021
Bad Information
Conspiracy theories like QAnon are ultimately a social problem rather than a cognitive one. We should blame politics, not the faulty reasoning of individuals.
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Nicolas Guilhot
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Boston Review
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August 23, 2021
We Don't Know, But Let's Try It
For economist Albert Hirschman, social planning meant creative experimentation rather than theoretical certainty.
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Simon Torracinta
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Boston Review
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June 17, 2021
There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump
And it’s not simply that he calls himself a socialist.
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Greg Grandin
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The Nation
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July 16, 2019
Obama's Original Sin
A new insider account reveals how the Obama administration’s botched bailout deal reinforced neoliberal Clintonism.
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Eric Rauchway
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Boston Review
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April 23, 2019