Joel Dodge
Joel Dodge writes about politics, law, and domestic policy for The Week and at his blog. He is a member of the Boston University School of Law's class of 2014.
Latest articles by Joel Dodge
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Sorry, conservatives: America is not even close to being a colorblind country
opinion Ta-Nehisi Coates' monumental essay on black reparations in The Atlantic demolishes the idea that the civil rights struggle is behind us
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Why the GOP wants to 'divide and conquer' the poor
opinion The conservative approach to poverty alleviation is rooted in outdated notions of who does and doesn't deserve aid
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The real reason millennials should embrace ObamaCare
opinion Younger Americans bear the brunt of ObamaCare's costs. But that is in keeping with the law's spirit of solidarity.
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Time to kill the ObamaCare employer mandate
opinion And move beyond an outdated health-care system that relies way too heavily on employer-based insurance
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How to roll back creeping segregation in our schools
opinion Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the American education system remains racially divided. It doesn't have to be that way.
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What Paul Ryan could learn from Robert Kennedy about reforming the welfare state
opinion The liberal lion didn't like welfare, either. But his objections only accentuate the cruelty of the modern GOP's anti-poverty platform.
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How an ObamaCare for higher ed could bring down the skyrocketing cost of college
opinion Higher ed is ripe for some ObamaCare-like reforms
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Why Hillary Clinton should run for an Obama third term
opinion Obama is seen as a drag on a potential Clinton ticket. But the unfinished business of the center-left is where the votes are.
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