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| Purple America Maybe this year’s campaigns will focus on real issues, like jobs and the environment, instead of personalities and hot-button issues. Or maybe not. The people in these stories aren’t waiting to find out. They’re setting their own agenda for America—one that doesn’t fit the simplistic categories of Red and Blue. |  |   FREE email newsletter | ||
 Editor's Introduction Politics that break through. |  The Uprising David Sirota talks to the new populists and finds where we’re coming together—and falling apart. |  How the Middle Class got Stuck Surging prices, stagnant wages, spiraling debt. This is what “stuck” feels like. |
 10 Policies for a Better America :: A YES! Take on What Americans Want |
 What We Care About Secure Families. Health care for all. Good jobs and housing. Here's how we could have it all. | |  Conversations Across the Divide Breaking out of red-blue stereotypes and finding common ground. | |  We're Hard-Wired to Care It's not just the Golden Rule; it's hard-wired into our brains: we can't help caring about each other. |
 Housing Keep Prices Affordable —For Now and Forever. | |  Health Care Health Coverage for Everyone. | |  Families Fairness for Working Parents. | |  Jobs Create Your own Workplace. |
 Why My Dad Turned Green A farmer’s daughter learns that her once-conservative dad is turning into a tree-hugger. | |  1001 Conversations Hundreds gathered across the U.S. to grapple with the human side of immigration. |  Gay & Straight Talk LGBT youth take a road trip to conservative Christian campuses. |
 A Song of Hope ... and a place for neighbors to talk about it. | |  Churches & Social Justice Christian conservatives put aside hot-button issues to focus on poverty, global warming, and peace. |  Media We Can Trust Fair and accurate news offers a basis for reality-based debates. But how do we tell if it’s fair? |
 A Populist Toolkit Dialogue, trust building, online tools, direct action, and more. | |  Discussion Guide Conversation starters and article summaries for a purple America. | |  Resource Guide Organizations, initiatives, and background reading on an agenda for all Americans. |
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