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Ro Khanna wants progressives to embrace patriotism, aspiration, and experimentation

A conversation with the California congressman about Biden's agenda, how progressives can use states as a policy laboratory, and why American exceptionalism shouldn't be ceded to the right

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Anand Giridharadas
Feb 02, 2021
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Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, is one of the most committed progressives in Congress, but he often sounds different from other progressives. Coming from a district that includes parts of Silicon Valley as well as people living in the valley’s shadows, he has carved a path as someone who can speak equally to the imperatives of justice …

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