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July 11, 2018

REVIEW: The G.O.P. is Destroying Wisconsin -- and We Should All Be Worried

July 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The G.O.P. is Destroying Wisconsin -- and We Should All Be Worried

They Are Taking the Playbook of Killing Unions and the Social Safety Net National

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July 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Politics, Republicans
June 21, 2017

LIST: 5 Great Things About Al Franken's (Very Funny) New Political Memoir

June 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen
LIST: 5 Great Things About Al Franken's (Very Funny) New Political Memoir

We Need More Political Books with Franken's Take-No-Prisoners Sense of Humor

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June 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
List
Al Franken, Democrats, Politics
May 30, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Al Franken's Hilarious Memoir, Disposable Workers, and More

May 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Al Franken's Hilarious Memoir, Disposable Workers, and More

And a Fine, Inventive Novel from an Actor on "30 Rock"

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May 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Al Franken, Politics, Employment, Michigan
June 22, 2016

ESSAY: Creeping Fascism: Sinclair Lewis Warned Us It Can Happen Here -- and Maybe It Is

June 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: Creeping Fascism: Sinclair Lewis Warned Us It Can Happen Here -- and Maybe It Is

A 1935 Novel with Strong Parallels to 2016 America

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June 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here, Fascism, Politics
April 13, 2016

REVIEW: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman Reflects on 20 Years of Speaking Truth to Power

April 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman Reflects on 20 Years of Speaking Truth to Power

Her account is as much media criticism as political critique

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April 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Democracy, Radicalism, Television, Media, Politics
March 30, 2016

Q&A: Thomas Frank on the Democrats' Disgrace: Abandoning Working-Class Americans

March 30, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Thomas Frank on the Democrats' Disgrace: Abandoning Working-Class Americans

The Democratic Party is "committed to the winners in the inequality sweepstakes"

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March 30, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Democrats, Politics, Presidential Campaign
March 17, 2016

REVIEW: Are the Democratic and Republican Parties Both Imploding at the Same Time?

March 17, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Are the Democratic and Republican Parties Both Imploding at the Same Time?

This may be remembered as the year that American politics went crazy

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March 17, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Politics, Presidential Campaign, Republicans, Democrats
February 05, 2016

REVIEW: Theodore Roosevelt Deserves a Lot of the Credit--or Blame--for the Rise of Presidential Primaries

February 05, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Theodore Roosevelt Deserves a Lot of the Credit--or Blame--for the Rise of Presidential Primaries

In 1912, party primaries were considered a great progressive reform

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February 05, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Theodore Roosevelt, Politics, Presidential Campaign
February 03, 2016

REVIEW: Just How Satisfied Should Liberals be with the Obama Presidency?

February 03, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Just How Satisfied Should Liberals be with the Obama Presidency?

Liberal pundit Bill Press's answer is: not very

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February 03, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Politics, Presidential Campaign, Liberals, Obama
January 20, 2016

Q&A: Columnist E.J. Dionne on the Future of the Increasingly Radicalized Republican Party

January 20, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Columnist E.J. Dionne on the Future of the Increasingly Radicalized Republican Party

And his new book, Why The Right Went Wrong

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January 20, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
E.J. Dionne, Presidential Campaign, Politics, Republicans
October 07, 2015

Review: How Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker Flunked School Reform

October 07, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: How Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker Flunked School Reform

By James Swearingen

The Prize is . .  a story of good intentions gone awry.

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October 07, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Education, Non-Fiction, Cities, Poverty, Politics, James Swearingen
August 30, 2015

REVIEW – Abortion Without Apology

August 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW – Abortion Without Apology

By Dorothy Samuels

Abortion rights are in trouble in part because the pro-choice community fell down on the job

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August 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Dorothy Samuels, Abortion, Law, Politics
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