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NYT’s False Choice for Democrats: Move to the Right or Divide by Race

The New York Times piece “Democrats at Crossroads: Win Back Working-Class Whites, or Let Them Go?” (12/15/16) by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, is worth unpacking a bit. It sums up a “heated debate” the Democrats are having:

December 17, 2016
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What You Need to Know About Authoritarianism

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Amanda Taub was looking at her iPhone at 3 a.m. early this year — she was feeding her baby and just trying to stay awake. That’s when she stumbled on something that could explain

December 12, 2016
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Hope in a Dark Era: In the Face of Barbarism, Thousands Turn to Democratic Socialism

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In his book The American Left and Some British Comparisons, published in 1971, the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith sought to analyze the persistent shortcomings of the Democratic Party.

December 1, 2016
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Cornel West: Unlike Bernie Sanders, I'm Not Convinced the Democratic Party Can Be Reformed

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In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory over Hillary Clinton, some progressives are now pushing a shake up of the Democratic Party’s leadership in efforts to reform the party. But Dr.

December 1, 2016
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Please Stop Thinking You’re Better Than Trump Supporters

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We’ve got to stop acting out hate. There is no less of it in the liberal media than there is in the right-wing media. It is just better disguised.

November 17, 2016
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Chris Hedges: The Surrender of the Liberal Left to Neoliberalism Gave Us Proto-fascism

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The demonization of third parties misses the fact that roots of our current situation are austerity, deindustrialization, and the impoverishment of half the nation, says journalist Chris Hedges.

November 10, 2016
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