Michael Lind is the editor of New American Contract at the New America Foundation.

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Monday, Nov 30, 2009 17:30 PST

Unemployment: Going beyond short-term fixes

We need massive, permanent federal investment in infrastructure and public services, not symbolism like a new WPA
Monday, Nov 23, 2009 17:05 PST

Can populism be liberal?

The GOP has owned it since Nixon. Democrats would have to return to the New Deal to recapture it
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 16:17 PST

The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American

Shouldn't the government pledge allegiance to the people rather than the other way around?
Monday, Nov 9, 2009 17:01 PST

Three anniversaries

The fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers: Each ushered in a new American era
Monday, Nov 2, 2009 17:30 PST

Why Dilbert is doomed

The jobs of tomorrow are not what you'd expect
Monday, Oct 26, 2009 17:27 PDT

The tax breaks that ate America

The greatest threat to the U.S. economy is not creeping socialism. It's creeping subsidism
Monday, Oct 19, 2009 17:28 PDT

That sound you hear is the social fabric about to snap

The real unemployment rate is almost 20 percent. Here's what the federal government can do about the jobs crisis
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 00:08 PDT

How I learned to stop worrying and live with the bomb

Neither terrorists nor rogue states like North Korea are likely to use nuclear weapons. Here's why
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 00:06 PDT

Salon interviews the late Adam Smith

The 18th century's patron saint of free markets shares his surprising views about Barack Obama and the U.S. economy
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 00:08 PDT

The end of the Pax Americana?

Obama has the chance to end our Cold War hangover, and start an era where the U.S. is not the sole global policeman
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 03:22 PDT

Intellectual conservatism, RIP

I was once a young neoconservative. The word meant something different then, before it was hijacked by extremists
Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 03:17 PDT

Uninsured like me

Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never liked social insurance for people of color
Monday, Sep 7, 2009 03:10 PDT

Who are the wealth creators?

The right says the answer is rich people, not workers -- who are wealth destroyers
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 03:28 PDT

Can Obama give 'em hell before it's too late?

Why can't Democrats mobilize the public for healthcare reform? Blame the demagogy gap
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 03:25 PDT

Liberalism without labor unions?

Hey Democrats: Can liberal interest groups and social elites really form the basis of a successful political party?
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 03:19 PDT

Obama, you're no Machiavelli

The president should have heeded the Florentine's advice before he embarked on healthcare reform
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 03:19 PDT

Are liberals seceding from sanity?

The left is crazy to insult white Southerners as a group
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 03:23 PDT

Can Obama be deprogrammed?

The president is a prisoner of the cult of neoliberalism
Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009 03:28 PDT

Immigrants should be eligible for the presidency

"Birthers" say Obama isn't "natural born" and can't be president. Let's make their whole delusional argument moot
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 03:19 PDT

Against comprehensive reform -- of anything

History shows that piecemeal reform is better than a Big Bang. That goes for most of the Democrats' domestic agenda
Tuesday, Jul 7, 2009 03:20 PDT

All sides blame McNamara for Vietnam

People for and against the war agree on one thing only: It was Robert McNamara's fault
Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 03:24 PDT

Debate over government-funded police protection heats up

Conservatives decry "socialized" law enforcement; Democrats are divided over "single-payer" police protection
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009 03:23 PDT

Wanted: Freedom from religion

The theocratic repression in Iran is a reminder that there can be no freedom without secular government
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009 03:20 PDT

It is summer 2009, and John McCain is president

In which the author imagines what America would be like if the GOP's man had won. Critics of Obama, take note.
Tuesday, Jun 9, 2009 03:20 PDT

A warning for Democrats?

The right just won all across Europe, thanks to nationalism, populism and recession. It could happen here too.
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