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The Moynihan Report Resurrected

Sam Klug ▪ Winter 2016

Pundits far and wide portray Daniel Patrick Moynihan as a prophet without honor, whose unpopular message carried great potential but went sadly unheeded. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The Corbyn Experiment

James Stafford ▪ Winter 2016

Jeremy Corbyn’s ascent marks a watershed moment for Britain’s Labour Party—but it is a product of contingency and failure as much as radical brilliance or inspiration.

Beginning in the early 2000s, adoption became a preeminent social cause for U.S. evangelicals. What happened when adopting families found out that the children they had “saved” were not, in fact, orphans?

Phantom Public

Astra Taylor ▪ Winter 2016

Have we lost the deeply democratic vision that animated the early internet?

The Next Battle for Marriage Equality

Suzanne Kahn ▪ Winter 2016

If the social insurance system is built for a model of family that is rapidly disappearing, how long can it stand?

Whose Family? Introducing Our Winter Issue

Natasha Lewis and Madeleine Schwartz ▪ Winter 2016

Many mourn the end of marriage and the nuclear family, but if we want to fight inequality and improve life for parents, children, and the rest of us, we must look seriously at families as they exist today.

Holding Still

Maxine Phillips ▪ January 4, 2016

The stories a family photo tells

State of Emergency

David Marcus ▪ Winter 2016

In the wake of the Paris terror attacks this past November, François Hollande reassured the French public, “Terrorism will not destroy the republic, because it is the republic that will destroy terrorism.” He then pressed the French parliament to give …

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Gutting Public Unions

William P. Jones ▪ January 2, 2016

Attacks on public-sector unions are setbacks not just for organized labor but for anyone who believes the state should ensure access to basic social needs.

The House That Marx Built

Benjamin Kunkel ▪ Fall 2015

The incomplete or fragmentary state of Marxism is a sign of its ongoing life. It remains unfinished because so does history.

Marxism for Tomorrow

Wendy Brown ▪ Fall 2015

An intelligent left today can neither live within nor without Marx’s thought. Marxism today is most useful when it is erratic, irreverent, non-doctrinaire.

What Should Unions Do Now?

Craig Becker ▪ Fall 2015

For U.S. labor, this is a moment of great peril but also great potential, unmatched since the New Deal era.

Collective Bargaining 3.0

Erica Smiley ▪ Fall 2015

In addition to reimagining who workers bargain with, we must expand what they bargain for. Public sector unions often address similar issues at the bargaining table that community organizations tackle legislatively.