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Social policy

Nothing Left

The long, slow surrender of American liberals

Problem Number One

by Jeff Madrick,

This spring, Newark mayor Cory Booker, then considering a run for U.S. Senate, came to my office along with members of his staff to discuss national economic issues. We spent…

The Age of Cruelty

by Jeff Madrick,

Following heavy Democratic losses in the 2010 congressional elections, Barack Obama announced that he was reading a biography of Ronald Reagan to see how the great man had handled his…

Yellow-card journalism

by Chris Barron,

Desperation Theology

by Tim Jones,

From “A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent,” delivered by Rev. Tim Jones on December 20, 2009, at the Church of St. Lawrence in York, England. The life of…