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The New Democrat Magazine Archives
1996

DLC | The New Democrat | September 1, 1996
What We're Fighting For
The Progressive Agenda for a Democratic Majority


TND_September_1996_PDF_Version

This issue of The New Democrat is available in PDF only. Click on the cover image to view the magazine.

Cover Story

The New Democratic Platform
By Al From
We've got the talk, now let's walk the walk.

A New Fighting Faith
By Will Marshall
Ambitious goals for the world's oldest political party.

A Dozen Ways to Make a Difference
By Antonio R. Riley, Ted Mondale, Ember Reichgott Junge, Daniel Kemmis, H. Carl McCall, Therese Murray, John O. Norquist, Richard M. Daley, Kathleen Connell, Louis Caldera, John Sharp, Peggy Kerns
Twelve New Democrats tell the lessons they've learned from innovation.

Essays and Comment

The Rosie Scenario
By Joe Lieberman
America may be on the verge of a Third Great Awakening.

Bright Ideas
By Robert J. Shapiro
Innovation, not higher savings, is the key to economic growth.

The Power of Empowerment
By Stanley B. Greenberg
Young voters are attracted to government that helps people help themselves.

Open Question
By John Jacobs
Will California's new primary election rules be a boon or bust for centrists?

Politics in Prime Time
By Paul Taylor
Free TV airtime for candidates is a partial but worthwhile fix.

Unhappy Warriors
By Ed Kilgore
Democratic conventions haven't always been such lovefests.

Chicago Hope
By Julia Vitullo-Martin
Can you turn a city's schools around by turning them over to the mayor?

Departments

518 C Street N.E.

  • Note to New Readers

Up Front

  • New Democrats, Meet New Labour

  • Seeing Eye to Eye on Welfare Reform

  • No Time for Complacency, Part 1

  • No Time for Complacency, Part 2

Editorials

  • What We're Fighting For

  • The End of the Beginning: Now the States Must Decide Whether to End Welfare As We Know It

Books

  • They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era

  • Left for Dead: The Life, Death, and Possible Resurrection of Progressive Politics in America

  • In Defense of Government: The Fall and Rise of Public Trust

  • The New Promise of American Life

  • A Rage for Justice: The Passion and Politics of Phillip Buton

  • Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics

  • Divided They Fell: The Demise of the Democratic Party, 1964-1996

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