Democracy Journal

“If you could order a presidential administration to do one thing to improve the lives of working people, what would it be?” When asked this question at the @DemJournal conference, Dēmos Senior Policy Analyst Candace Milner proposed funding public banks: demos.nyc/4blQrqc

“Taxation has at times represented great promise in the quest for equality of citizenship,” writes @NewAmerica’s Mark Schmitt. “But at other times and places have served to reinforce social and economic hierarchies.” democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/ho…

In the new book The Price of Democracy by Vanessa S. Williamson, the history of taxation is often the story of paths not taken. So much about life in the United States could have been so different, and better. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/ho…

“If anyone is thinking of preparing a time capsule capable of surviving a catastrophic end to the United States as we know it, they’d do well to find a place in it for Paul Starr’s American Contradiction,” writes Ellen Fitzpatrick. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/th…

“We should take a clear-eyed approach to the rise of AI that will help us enjoy the technology’s enormous benefits while relieving the disruption and pain that will likely occur as AI is implemented,” writes @HolzerHarry. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/th…

.@dskamper’s hopeful book Who’s Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions provides a look inside the resurgent labor movement, from the inspiring moments to the mundane work that must be done every day. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/la…

In January, Democracy brought together thinkers from across the broad left-of-center spectrum during the journal’s “Can’t We All Just Get Along?” conference. Now, you can watch full video recordings of those conversations. democracyjournal.org/news-events/ev…

“Unions raise the bar for all workers in an industry, but less obviously, a more democratic workplace also raises the expectations for democracy in a society spiraling into oligarchy and autocracy,” writes @lfeatherz. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/la…

How did the country that twice elected Barack Obama then go on to elect Donald Trump? Ellen Fitzpatrick explores Paul Starr’s answer to that question in a review of the new book American Contradiction. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/th…

Yes, AI will kill some jobs, writes @HolzerHarry . But it will also create new ones. We need policies that will help workers adjust. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/th…

More questions about fusion voting? Check out the Q&A with author @DanCantor_. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/fi…

We need to repeal the laws that artificially created and continue to sustain a two-party duopoly. The starting point is our own history, writes @DanCantor_. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/fu…

"Starr lays bare in abundant detail how transformations in the American economy forestalled the broader economic gains for African Americans that one might have expected after the strides made in the 1960s." @DemJournal democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/th…

Read the full essay from @DanCantor_ @DemJournal: democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/fu…

“State capacity is critical for building a just and sustainable society. But vague calls for increased state capacity shouldn’t blind us to the specifics of what the state does and how it does those things,” write @sandeepvaheesan and @brian_callaci. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/re…

Yes, we should demand that government move faster. But the impediments aren’t limited to bureaucrats and NIMBYists, write @sandeepvaheesan and @brian_callaci for @DemJournal’s Winter issue. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/re…

While some progressives have eyed the abundance frame with varying levels of skepticism, @rdnayak writes that they should embrace abundance in order to build government institutions that can deliver services quickly, efficiently, accurately, and at scale. democracyjournal.org/arguments/a-mo…

There’s an answer to the question of how we crawl out of the present-day polarized quicksand. It’s called fusion voting through minor parties, and its time has come. @DanCantor_ @DemJournal democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/fu…

Democracy enlisted @igorvolsky @amyhanauer and @ppi’s Ben Ritz to debate what the United States’ tax and inequality problems actually are, and what policies would solve them. democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/sh…

“As a nation, our North Star must always be the economic dignity of our workers and families, and we must make sure AI development and deployment moves in that direction,” writes @genebsperling. democracyjournal.org/arguments/an-e…