Part 1. Is a new America possible? --
Introduction / Kate Aronoff, Peter Dreier, and Michael Kazin --
How socialists changed America / Peter Dreier and Michael Kazin --
Toward a third reconstruction / Andrea Flynn, Susan Holmberg, Dorian Warren, and Felicia Wong --
A three-legged stool for racial and economic justice / Darrick Hamilton --
Democratic socialism for a climate-changed century / Naomi Klein --
Part 2. Expanding democracy --
Governing socialism / Bill Fletcher Jr. --
We the people : voting rights, campaign finance, and election reform / J. Mijin Cha --
Confronting corporate power / Robert Kuttner --
Building the people's banks / David Dayen --
Democracy, equality, and the future of workers / Sarita Gupta, Stephen Lerner, and Joseph A. McCartin --
Who gets to be safe? Prisons, police, and terror / Aviva Stahl --
On immigration : a socialist case for open borders / Michelle Chen --
On foreign policy : war from above, solidarity from below / Tejasvi Nagaraja --
Part 3. The right to a good life --
Liable cities / Thomas J. Sugrue --
What does health equity require? racism and the limits of medicare for all / Dorothy Roberts --
The family of the future / Sarah Leonard --
Defending and improving public education / Pedro Noguera --
Reclaiming competition : sports and socialism / David Zirin --
What about a well-fed artist? Imagining cultural work in a democratic socialist society / Francesca Fiorentini --
How socialism surged, and how it can go further / Harold Meyerson --
Afterword : A day in the life of a socialist citizen / Michael Walzer.