Marc J. Dunkelman

Marc J. Dunkelman is a visiting fellow in international and public affairs at Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions. He is the author of Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back.

The Question Progressives Refuse to Answer
As Democrats became the party of proceduralism, they sidestepped a crucial debate.
Marc J. Dunkelman
April 2, 2025
$A gavel pulling the strings on a pointing hand emerging from a fraction of a suit jacket$
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
How Progressives Broke the Government
Democrats’ cultural aversion to power has cleaved an opening for Trump.
Marc J. Dunkelman
February 16, 2025
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic
The Key to Reviving American Institutions May Lie Next Door
When Americans cease to trust each other, they lose faith in government, as well.
Marc J. Dunkelman
September 9, 2015
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