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What is Social Justice?

Perhaps no issue more motivates progressive activists than social justice. Good intentions may motivate the social justice warriors, but good intentions do not necessarily produce good results. Indeed, often the policies favored by progressive idealists hinder the economic and social progress of the very people they seek to rescue.
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California's progessive politics getting pushback from the middle class

California’s Progressive Betrayal

The recent California Democratic Party convention exposed the divide between the state’s progressive and working-class voters. Progressives support left-wing policies that often don’t affect them; it’s the working class that suffers from these proposals. But the Green New Deal pushed too far, triggering a backlash at the convention.
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The Populist Dilemma

The recent upsurge in support for populist conservatives, not only across Europe, but in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and even India has inspired talk of “a nationalist revival” and “the cosmic magnetism” of Donald Trump and Brexit.
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