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Thomas Geoghegan

Thomas Geoghegan is a Chicago labor lawyer and author of Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs a New Kind of Labor Movement and The History of Democracy Has Yet to Be Written.


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August 14, 2024
Thomas Geoghegan
The Nice Round Number That Will Give Kamala Harris a Winning Message
Trump wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. Here’s how Harris can blow him out of the water.
May 8, 2023
Thomas Geoghegan
The Best Safeguard Against Artificial Intelligence Is the Constitution
The president has the power to step in now before A.I. becomes a threat to national security.
January 6, 2023
Thomas Geoghegan
The Constitutional Case for Disarming the Debt Ceiling
The Framers would have never tolerated debt-limit brinkmanship. It’s time to put this terrible idea on trial.
August 31, 2022
Thomas Geoghegan
Putin’s War on Gorbachev’s Children
The Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine is part of his broader mission to undo the late Soviet premier’s entire legacy.
May 9, 2022
Thomas Geoghegan
There’s No Good Reason for the United States to Stay out of the International Criminal Court
The war in Ukraine has rivetingly demonstrated how joining the body is in our national interest.
March 23, 2022
Thomas Geoghegan
How to Fight the Good War Against Russia—Without Bombs or Bullets
As the nation responds to the invasion of Ukraine, an opportunity is emerging to channel our martial virtues in a more moral direction.
January 13, 2022
Thomas Geoghegan
The Filibuster Is a Plot Against Kamala Harris
The vice president has constitutional rights, too.
June 14, 2021
Thomas Geoghegan
Let’s Take the Filibuster to Court
A novel idea for House Democrats to thwart Joe Manchin: Sue the Senate all the way to the Supreme Court.
December 24, 2020
Thomas Geoghegan
Labor Power Is the Key to Racial Equity
The next big American conversation about race should take place in a union hall.
November 18, 2020
Thomas Geoghegan
An FDR-Size Executive Order for Biden
With one stroke, the new president could revive the labor movement and help repair the post-pandemic economy.
January 20, 2020
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Educated Fools
Why Democratic leaders still misunderstand the politics of social class
May 19, 1986
Thomas Geoghegan
Warren Court Children
October 20, 1979
Thomas Geoghegan
Popestock in Chicago
John Paul's winning battle in a losing war

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