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Reining in Our Tech God-Emperors

1 month ago | democracyjournal.org | Henry Farrell

When Elon Musk brought the U.S. government to the brink of shutdown over a spending bill in December, he boasted of a victory for democracy. As Musk described the outcome on X, which he owns: “Your elected representatives have heard you and now the terrible bill is dead. The voice of the people has triumphed. VOX POPULI / VOX DEI.”The voice was not divine, but rather Musk’s own, amplified by a social media platform that he has partly reconstructed around his own prejudices and predilections.
The “New” American Fascists

1 month ago | democracyjournal.org | Adele Stan

In 1964, when I was seven years old, my family took a day trip to the New Jersey State Fair. Displayed were the wonders produced by the agricultural lands in southern and western parts of the state. None stay much in my memory. What does stick with me is the booth for the Republican presidential candidate, where one could purchase a bottle filled with a clear liquid that was the color of marigolds. Gold water, see? If I recall correctly, the booth wasn’t getting a lot of action.
Deconstructing Housing

1 month ago | democracyjournal.org | David J. Goldstein

The middle-out project cannot hope to rebuild the American middle class without addressing America’s housing crisis, and it cannot address the housing crisis without building millions of affordable new homes. There are of course other prerequisites for enjoying a happy and secure middle-class life—a good education, a stable income, and high-quality health care, child care, and elder care, to name a few.
The Abundance Doctrine

2 months ago | democracyjournal.org | Mike Konczal

The Empire State Building, then the world’s tallest building at 102 stories, was completed in 1931. Building that majestic structure, later called one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers, took just one year and 45 days. Contrast that with just about anything we try to build now. And it’s not just speed. In the 1970s, 1.7 million new homes were constructed each year.
It’s Still the Post-Neoliberal Moment

2 months ago | democracyjournal.org | Nick Hanauer |Bilal Baydoun |Nidhi Hegde |Charles Davidson

By The Editors from Spring, No. 76 – 1 MIN READ Tagged EconomicsMiddle Out EconomicsPost-Neoliberalism Did the Biden Administration’s departure from decades of economic policymaking consensus create the conditions that so inflamed the electorate against progressives?
The Middle-Out Moment Is Still Here

2 months ago | democracyjournal.org | Nick Hanauer |Bilal Baydoun

A year ago at this time we were all flying high, eagerly preparing to meet the challenges of “the middle-out moment.” Then came November’s brutal election. But while our spirits may have crashed, the middle-out moment is still here. The challenges have merely grown larger, the timeline longer, and the consequences of failing grimmer.
Should We Be Saying “President Haley”?

Jan 18, 2025 | democracyjournal.org | Edward B. Foley

A s we prepare to watch Donald Trump take the oath of office Monday, it’s worth bearing in mind this fact. If America had an electoral system that elected the candidate whom a majority of America’s voters preferred when compared one-on-one to each alternative, it would be Nikki Haley, not Donald Trump, who would become the new President on January 20. Yes, we found out in November that the American electorate preferred Trump to Kamala Harris. But it would have preferred Haley over either one.
How to Solve the Birth Shortfall

Jan 9, 2025 | democracyjournal.org | Richard Rothstein

Elon Musk is on a personal crusade to increase the American birth rate, including his own siring of 11 children with three different women. In part from a similar concern, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has denounced middle-class “childless cat ladies”; under fire, he claimed he was being sarcastic, but declined to withdraw the comment or its intended complaint.
Mr. Moral Authority

Dec 18, 2024 | democracyjournal.org | Delphine d'Amora

John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg • Simon & Schuster • 2024 • 704 pages • $35David Greenberg’s new book, John Lewis: A Life, is a well-researched, engaging, and revealing biography of the civil rights leader and congressman. Lewis represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives for 33 years, from 1987 until his death in July 2020. Greenberg, a professor of history at Rutgers University and a contributing editor to Politico, has written the second complete biography on Lewis.
Needed: A Transparency Guardian

Dec 18, 2024 | democracyjournal.org | Delphine d'Amora

When President Trump named Oklahoma’s Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2016, he was a controversial pick. But Pruitt’s policy positions quickly became overshadowed by another set of problems when it was revealed that he crossed various ethical lines while in office. In one instance, he rented a condo co-owned by the wife of an energy lobbyist at a below-market rate. In another, he hired a dubiously massive security detail.