Intelligencer
The Cut
Vulture
The Strategist
Curbed
Grub Street
Magazine
Subscribe to the Magazine
Give a Gift Subscription
Buy Back Issues
Current Issue Contents
New York
Shop
Subscribe
Sign In
Account
Profile
Sign Out
Subscribe
Give A
Gift
Displaying all articles tagged:
New Deal
politics
Jan. 22, 2022
Biden Didn’t Have the Power or Luck to Become FDR or LBJ
Biden is trying to govern in an era totally unlike the 1930s or 1960s with little margin for error and a lot of nasty surprises. Give him a break.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 17, 2020
Will the GOP’s Red Scare Tactics Work During the Pandemic?
It’s hard to scream about socialism when your opponent is Joe Biden and you are spending trillions of dollars to prop up the economy.
By
Ed Kilgore
green new deal
Sept. 16, 2019
Another Obstacle for Climate Action: A Conservative Supreme Court
A new study suggests SCOTUS could obstruct the Green New Deal just as it once obstructed the original New Deal.
By
Ed Kilgore
race
Oct. 24, 2018
White Americans Got Affirmative Action First. Now Many of Them Want It Gone.
A lawsuit filed by Asian-American applicants against Harvard is revealing uncomfortable truths about the history of racial advantage in the U.S.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
Apr. 11, 2018
Paul Ryan’s Long Fight to Destroy the Welfare State Ends in Defeat
After failing to repeal Obamacare and “reform” Medicaid, Ryan looked forward to more years of futility and decided to pack it in.
By
Ed Kilgore
Mar. 31, 2018
No, the HOPE Scholarship Didn’t Kill Great Society Liberalism
A provocative op-ed says Zell Miller’s and Bill Clinton’s embrace of merit-based scholarships showed their betrayal of liberalism. I beg to differ.
By
Ed Kilgore