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The American Dream: Our Shining Future
Part 3, Solutions: As America figures out what comes next, broad upward economic mobility — not simply economic growth — must become its defining…
Jul 17
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Matt Haggman
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The American Dream: America's Challenge at 250
Part 2, The Forces. The ladder wasn't dismantled overnight — it eroded through economic change, policy choices, and institutions that didn't keep pace.
Jul 3
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Matt Haggman
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June 2026
The American Dream: The Climb Is Getting Harder
Part 1, The Problem: As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, the Dream it was built on is being tested unlike any time in decades.
Jun 26
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Matt Haggman
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Open Thread: In Conversation — Tristan Harris on Humanity's Ultimate Test
A conversation at Faena Rose with the man who saw social media's harms coming, who now thinks we're making an even more consequential mistake with AI…
Jun 19
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Matt Haggman
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National Debt: Finding the Will to Act
Part 3, Solutions: One economist has spent decades doing the math. The answers exist. Her warning: act now, or a crisis will do it instead.
Jun 12
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Matt Haggman
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National Debt: The Abdication
Part 2, The Forces: The Bill That Keeps Getting Passed Forward — and Why It May Finally Matter.
Jun 5
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Matt Haggman
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May 2026
National Debt: The Inheritance
Part 1, The Problem: Decades of spending choices and the refusal to pay for them have produced a debt larger than the American economy. Someone will pay…
May 29
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Matt Haggman
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The Open Thread: AI Safety, Congress, Local News, and College Sports
AI safety reaches the diplomatic agenda, congressional competition takes a serious hit, Pittsburgh local news gets a lifeline, and college sports' new…
May 19
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Matt Haggman
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Teen Crisis: Three Ways Forward
Part 3, Solutions: Fixing the product. Raising the age. Changing what's normal. The work of repairing American childhood has begun.
May 7
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Matt Haggman
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April 2026
Teen Crisis: The Twenty-Six Words That Shielded Social Media
Part 2, The Forces: A 1996 law built the wall. The platforms built an addiction machine behind it. A 2026 jury cracked it.
Apr 28
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Matt Haggman
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Teen Crisis: How Facebook Targeted Tweens
Part 1, The Problem: An epidemic of depression, anxiety, and suicide among teenagers. Internal documents showing a company that knew and kept going. And…
Apr 16
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Matt Haggman
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The Open Thread: Six Series In
The halfway mark of year one. And just getting started.
Apr 5
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Matt Haggman
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