Issues for the week of August 21, 2020 - Public Seminar

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Week of August 21

Featured Essays
The Biden-Harris Ticket
Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young
The Two-Party System is Toast
Honda Wang
Writer based in New York
Election 2020 Syllabus
Biden Versus Trump: Whose Story of America Will Americans Choose?
Rogers M. Smith
Professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania
What Would Good National Leadership Look Like Now?
Desmond King and Rogers M. Smith
Why Socialists Should Support the Democratic Ticket in November…
Max B. Sawicky
Economist and writer
The Story Behind DSA’s Non-Endorsement of Joe Biden
Andrew Sernatinger
Labor activist and member of DSA in Madison, Wisconsin
Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back
Marshall Auerback
Market analyst and commentator
An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left
Former leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society
‘Resistance’ Women Loved Elizabeth Warren. Here’s Why Their Groups Didn’t Fight for Her.
Lara Putnam
Professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh
The Lincoln Project Should Be Cautiously Welcomed
Jeffrey C. Isaac
James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington
The Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling & Me
José Ángel Navejas
Author of Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant and Invierno: Playlist desde Chicago
Lies, Fakes, and Deep Fakes
Sidney Tarrow
Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School