Thinking Big: Progressive Ideas for a New Era

Times are changing. Instead of obsessing about what they're against, progressives have begun to think about what they're for—to prepare once again to play their role as agents of bold ideas and political and social transformation. Finding new confidence and imagination, they have begun to renew their political capital. The essays in this volume draw on that new store of capital to sketch the outlines of a progressive agenda for 21st-century America. Authors such as Van Jones, Dean Baker, A...