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Freedom
August 22, 2024
Thom Hartmann
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s Secret Weapon Against the Republicans
There’s a deadly new word on everyone’s lips at the Democratic convention this week.
August 22, 2024
Michael Tomasky
The Democrats Are Destroying the Republicans at Their Own Game
The GOP has long claimed the concept of freedom. But Kamala Harris and Tim Walz just ripped that football out of their hands.
August 19, 2024
Robert Schlesinger
The Democratic Party Is Now the Real “Freedom” Caucus
It’s by far the most resonant word in the American political discourse—and for decades, Democrats let Republicans own it. No longer.
April 11, 2023
Magazine
Ian Beacock
Did Pirates Pioneer Democracy?
David Graeber’s final book uncovers the politics of the high seas.
September 6, 2022
Magazine
Michael Tomasky
Economics, Democracy, and Freedom: It’s All One Argument
For their policies to succeed, Democrats need to tie their economic ideas to the broader ideals all Americans are taught to cherish.
May 1, 2020
J.C. Pan
Imagining a Real “Right to Work”
The decades-long movement to drain unions of their strength and resources has brought us to our present crisis. It’s time to redefine our terms.
August 28, 2014
Alec MacGillis
In America Today, a 9-Year-Old Girl Can't Play Alone in a Park But She Can Play With an Uzi
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