Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America by Kim Phillips-Fein • W. W. Norton • 2026 • 256 pages • $35.00 President Donald ...

Wall Street has always faced pressure for change after its misdeeds bring the financial system and the broader economy to the precipice—or over it. But our success in securing durable change has ...

The second Trump Administration has decimated the civil service and with it many government functions Americans want and need. Around 14 percent of the federal workforce—more than 335,000 people—were ...

Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States by Sandeep Vaheesan • University of Chicago Press • 2024 • 400 pages • $30 During my six years as chair of Connecticut’s utility ...

America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. • Crown • 2026 • 288 pages • $31 On April 15, 2026, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered “Remarks on the ...

Our schools are weakest in their joints—those points where students pass from one school to the next. Students can pass every high school class and still find themselves in remedial classes once they ...

American children are in trouble. After generations of improvement, test scores are declining and fewer children are showing up to class. COVID-19 knocked school systems off-kilter, disrupting the ...

The Editors of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas are Michael Tomasky (Editor), Jack Meserve (Managing Editor), Delphine d'Amora (Associate Editor), and Claire Schnatterbeck (Assistant Editor).

If your house crumbles in a storm, your first instinct probably goes something like this: Rebuild your house exactly as it was. Get a roof over your head and return to your normal life as soon as ...

For 60 years, a debate has raged in education circles: Is educational achievement primarily the result of strong schools, or strong families? The pendulum on this question has swung back and forth ...

Few people have been untouched by the troubling and enduring youth mental health crisis. Already significant before the COVID-19 pandemic, it has only worsened since. This challenge crosses party ...

Young workers face a daunting job market. While the depth, severity, and speed of job loss due to artificial intelligence remain the most dramatic and uncertain economic issues of our time, a range of ...