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Stein’s History

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Judith Stein is one of the finest historians working today. Her book, Pivotal Decade, is a superb discussion of the 1970s and the economic shift away from manufacturing to financialization. Critical work. You should read it. Stein has a long interview with Jacobin that is also...

Kumbaya

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If my Bernie bona fides have been established, I’d like to turn to the priority of defeating the Republican presidential candidate. Actually, “defeat” does not do justice to my hopes..

Don’t diddle. Organize.

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I've already mentioned the habit of seeing everything through an electoral frame. Bernie lost, Hillary won, Bernie's been insufficiently magnanimous, Bernie's followers are going to make a mess in Philadelphia,.

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Wonkitude

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In different ways and places, I’ve been doing policy analysis since 1984. I’ve invented a few things that received favorable notice, but it’s hard to prove the value of such arcane accomplishments. All I will claim here is some experience, some decades of toiling in the vineyards....

troncating journalism

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If you want a picture of the future of news journalism, imagine a content optimization system stamping on a newspaper reporter's face, forever. Also, more autoplay! Tribune newspapers were responsible for some of the best journalism of the past century; Tronc, according to its leaders,...
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Confessions of a Bernie Bro

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Some on the left seem to make it their mission to invite the contempt of others. I’m always reminded of an appearance by the late Harvey Pekar on David Letterman’s show, decades ago. Pekar’s message could be boiled down to, I’m the left, and you all...
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