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Illiberal reformers : race, eugenics, and American economics in the Progressive era / Thomas C. Leonard

In Illiberal Reformers, Thomas Leonard reexamines the economic progressives whose ideas and reform agenda underwrote the Progressive Era dismantling of laissez-faire and the creation of the regulatory ...
Time

The Legacy of Robert La Follette’s Progressive Vision

Senator Robert LaFollette Sr in 1924. Senator Robert LaFollette Sr in 1924.Bettmann Archive—Getty Images President Donald Trump's return to the White House has left many progressive Americans feeling ...
The Times of Israel

Reform/Liberal /Progressive Judaism is alive and well in the USA and the UK

I begin this blog post with an old Jewish saying: “Even though I am Jewish I have some good news for you!” I have recently returned from several weeks in the USA and London, where I was hosted by ...
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California voters wanted stricter penalties for crime. Can reformers find a new message?

Demonstrators in Oakland protest the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in 2020. (Philip Pacheco / AFP/Getty Images) Criminal justice reform advocates spent the summer warning that efforts ...
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Children and youth during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / edited by James Marten

Part I. Shaping the future: institutions and the law -- Playing progressively? Race, reform, and playful pedagogies in the origins of Philadelphia's Starr Garden Recreation Park, 1857-1904 / Deborah ...