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The Change Game
Dana Goldstein
Obama's election showed how much the country has changed; his governing has shown how much it hasn't.
President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of
the White House.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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The Change Game
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September 2, 2010
Obama's election showed how much the country has changed; his governing has shown how much it hasn't.
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Care for the Caregivers
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The Power to Act
Ann O'Leary
September 2, 2010
There is well-established legal authority for much stronger presidential action to promote good jobs.
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Holding Wal-Mart Accountable
September 6, 2010
Harold Meyerson
The road to unionized Wal-Mart runs through obscure towns where workers are abused in hidden warehouses.
A Long Haul
September 6, 2010
David Bensman and Molly Greenberg
How the government's policy to modernize trucks collides with its policies to promote high-wage jobs
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Tim Fernholz is a writing fellow at the Prospect. His work has been published by The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, American Lawyer, and the Washington City Paper. He is also a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation.
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TAP Talks To Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Tim Fernholz
September 3, 2010 | web only
The Oregon progressive thinks it's time to cut the budget. Wait, what?
The Era of Data-Driven Education
Gabriel Arana
September 2, 2010 | web only
No Child Left Behind has given us a lot of hard numbers -- but we still don't know what they're telling us about educational outcomes.
The War's End
Matthew Yglesias
September 2, 2010 | web only
Obama's policy of disengagement succeeded as spectacularly as Bush's policy of invasion failed.
Homegrown Mujahideen
Jamelle Bouie
September 1, 2010 | web only
It's tempting to demonize conservatives with hyperbolic comparisons, but liberals have an obligation to the truth.
Returning to the War at Home
Tim Fernholz
September 1, 2010 | web only
Last night's speech may have felt like an inconclusive end to the war, but it marks a shift in Obama's focus to economic policy.
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They're With Stupid
Paul Waldman
August 31, 2010 | web only
Anti-intellectualism rears its head.
Is This the Road to Israeli-Palestinian Peace?
Gershom Gorenberg
August 31, 2010 | web only
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The Cost of Delayed Reform
Harold Pollack
August 27, 2010
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Defending a Constitution Under Attack
Paul Waldman
August 27, 2010 | web only
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Build More Mosques
Adam Serwer
August 26, 2010 | web only
Integration has always been the American body politic's best antibody against the virus of radical political ideology.
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The Forever Culture War
Ann Friedman
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Homegrown Mujahideen
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It's tempting to demonize conservatives with hyperbolic comparisons, but liberals have an obligation to the truth.
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