Author

Joshua Mound

Josh Mound is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia. His writing has appeared in Jacobin, Dissent, and the Journal of Policy History, among other outlets.

All Articles

October 30, 2026

Joshua Mound, Andrew Kahrl

Another Right-Wing Tax Revolt Is Brewing. Will the Dems Blow It Again?

As in the 1970s, the right is taking aim at property taxes. The Democrats had better have a compelling response this time around.

September 19, 2018

Joshua Mound

A Better Way to Fight ‘Corporate Welfare’

Bernie Sanders wants to make Amazon and other corporations cover the cost of public benefits for their low-paid workers. Why not reform the Earned Income Tax Credit instead?

March 15, 2018

Joshua Mound

Resolving the Democrats’ False Choice

How the party can win both the “missing Obama millions” and the Obama-to-Trump voters

February 29, 2016

Joshua Mound

What Democrats Still Don’t Get About George McGovern

The party took all the wrong lessons from his landslide loss to Richard Nixon in '72.

Joshua Mound

Our Writers