This month's issue features a discussion piece by union consultant Jim Grossfeld arguing that white collar workers can and should be the target of unionizing efforts -- if organizers are willing to consider new union models. The Economic Policy Institute's David Kusnet, the Progressive Policy Institute's Will Marshall, and The New Republic's Bradford Plumer respond. Grossfeld's reaction will be posted in coming days.

We also feature 3 new articles this month.

Abstinence Education	Jasmine Beach-Ferrara
Purple Reign	Akshay Rao
The Fair Trade Sweep	Chris Slevin and Todd Tucker

"You need to be bar mitzvahed!" my London-born, Orthodox grandfather bellowed. I was taken aback. After all, even though I was 13, I'd been raised a suburban, ham-eating Jew whose only religious instruction was watching the Ten Commandments on TV.   more >

Our lineup of discussants includes:

David Kusnet

Will Marshall

Bradford Plumer

Ari Berman of The Nation on GOTV     POST

Andrew Claster of Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates on ethics and corruption     PRE

Jim Kessler of Third Way on immigration     PRE   POST

Celinda Lake and Daniel Gotoff of Lake Research Partners on the economy     PRE   POST

Thomas Riehle of RT Strategies on swing districts     PRE   POST

Jeremy Rosner of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research on national security     PRE   POST

This month's issue features a discussion piece by union consultant Jim Grossfeld arguing that white collar workers can and should be the target of unionizing efforts -- if organizers are willing to consider new union models.  The Economic Policy Institute's David Kusnet, the Progressive Policy Institute's Will Marshall, and The New Republic's Bradford Plumer respond. Grossfeld's reaction will be posted in coming days.

Unionizing the White Collar Workforce

Jim Grossfeld

Our lineup of discussants includes:

David Kusnet

Will Marshall

Bradford Plumer

On a 100-degree day this summer, I took my dog on a run through Tower Grove Park in St. Louis. A mile into it, I looked up to see two teenagers, a guy and a girl, walking toward me, their shoulders brushing.  more >

Once the tea leaves are read, Democratic pundits will offer at least three "truths" about the 2006 mid-terms.  more >

In 2004, the celebrated author Thomas Frank asked: "What's the Matter With Kansas?"  more >

Majority Watch made history in 2006. Before this, no one has ever set out to track district-by-contested-district the race for control of the U.S. House.  more >

President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Karl Rove went into this year's election with the same basic play book as in 2002 and 2004:  more >

The frozen smiles can sear the brain. They belong to Democratic officials, lobbyists and activists when you tell them you are running against a four-term incumbent Republican state house member who has decimated each of his opponents.  more >

"You need to be bar mitzvahed!" my London-born, Orthodox grandfather bellowed. I was taken aback. After all, even though I was 13, I'd been raised a suburban, ham-eating Jew whose only religious instruction was watching the Ten Commandments on TV.   more >

Our lineup of discussants includes:

David Kusnet

Will Marshall

Bradford Plumer

...we've determined three main points we should address. The first is that our argument lacks policy substance. The second is that our messaging examples could be used to justify policy positions similar to those of the Bush Administration. The third is the need to define the values of the left.  more >

A continuation of the roundtable A Progressive Battle Plan for National Security.

Our lineup of discussants includes:

Heather Hurlburt

David Rieff