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16 Jul 2024
The left is struggling, rightwing populists are on the march, and democracy is under threat. This is a story about a global political revolution that I don't think either the left or right has truly reckoned with. And it’s the story you can read here. globalreports.columbia.edu/b…
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WHEN COMPANIES RUN THE COURTS is out today. It tells how the Supreme Court created a shadow justice system where companies pay judges, and where people almost always lose.
You are a part of this system. Get the book and find out how to escape: shorturl.at/D0KZ0
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I'm heartbroken by the Post's decision to eliminate its books coverage. The actual fact of my job aside, the existence of a standalone books section felt like a real celebration of a culture of literacy, dialogue, and even debate. It was a place to discover and celebrate.
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Feb 3
I'm part of @BostonReview's symposium of everyone on what Democrats should do next. My case: if you want to save democracy, try believing in it. bostonreview.net/forum/how-n…
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really incisive point by timothy shenk here. if you really don't think voters have policy preferences and vote accordingly, it's hard to actually justify democracy
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Jan 3
Le livre s’intitule "Left Adrift: What Happened to Liberal Politics". Il est paru en 2024. Son auteur, Timothy Shenk @Tim_Shenk , est un historien et essayiste américain, aujourd’hui rédacteur en chef de la revue Dissent – l’une des grandes revues intellectuelles de la gauche américaine.
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8 Dec 2025
Always grateful to The Nation for letting me doing an interview series. Here’s the interviews I did for 2025:
1. Peter Gordon: thenation.com/article/cultur…
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25 Nov 2025
For those surprised by the Carville op-ed, will take the opportunity to plug "Left Adrift," by @Tim_Shenk, and its account of the economic populism of Clinton '92.
24 Nov 2025
A lot of naive surprise that “even” the centrists are saying this. It’s hard to track factional D fights because every wing will inevitably run on “They cut your healthcare and taxed your food to give handouts to billionaires.” It’s a layup. People pretending they have a monopoly on this message are selling something. nytimes.com/2025/11/24/opini…
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20 Nov 2025
Excited to share some advance reviews for The United States and the Ends of Empire from @BloomsburyAcad . Huge thanks to @samuelmoyn and @Tim_Shenk for their generous comments. Check them out below or via the link!
bloomsbury.com/us/united-sta…
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17 Nov 2025
Latest @EquisResearch poll & memo— on the state of play after ‘25 elections— are out today, as featured by @daveweigel
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10 Nov 2025
The always great @ngperkins on the forgotten history of Schenectady socialism and its lessons for Mamdani, with an extended cameo from a young/brilliant/radical Walter Lippmann jacobin.com/2025/11/lunn-soc…
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9 Nov 2025
Bonus - What Happened to Liberal Politics? w/ @Tim_Shenk
Historian Tim Shenk is on the program to help us make sense of what happened to liberalism in the past century, and how we got to the place we are now.
Link below 🔽
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29 Oct 2025
Excellent, on-the-ground look at the challenges facing Democrats in rural America from Nick Perkins, one of Jon Tester's former interns (and one of my very best students) thenation.com/article/politi…
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5 Oct 2025
This piece makes a smart argument, no?
29 Sep 2025
Free link here: nytimes.com/2025/09/29/opini…
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30 Sep 2025
YES.
Dan @osbornforne running for the U.S. Senate in my home-state (Nebraska) and @ZohranKMamdani running for mayor of my city ( ew York) are both the sort of Democrats we need now. Honest likable outsiders focused on populist economics. Gift link below.
29 Sep 2025
Wrote about how Dan Osborn and Zohran Mamdani represent two halves of a strategy that could bring together liberals and populists in a new progressive majority to fight for working people who have been stuck playing a rigged game
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29 Sep 2025
Wrote about how Dan Osborn and Zohran Mamdani represent two halves of a strategy that could bring together liberals and populists in a new progressive majority to fight for working people who have been stuck playing a rigged game
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29 Sep 2025
The piece is also, sotto voce, a belated intervention in the for/against polling debate of a few weeks back. Public opinion is a real force that has to be reckoned with, but there’s still a place for leadership in molding coalitions—and major opportunities for the left
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29 Sep 2025
This is an updated version of the most reliable strategy for building Democratic majorities since the New Deal, and the secret to Bernie’s success over the last decade
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4 Aug 2025
Anyway, my stance on Great Books education has moved from "it's nice if you can get it" to militant support. Just a matter of expanding the canon and establishing that the point isn't indoctrination, but building historical context and introducing the foundations of key concepts.
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