Topic: meritocracy

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

No one in MAGA cares about "merit"

Amanda Marcotte
Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, waves to the crowd while speaking at the podium as he concedes the presidency during Mitt Romney's campaign election night event at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on November 7, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why we can't have a meritocracy

Mary Barker
Toasting with champagne (Getty Images)

The affluent are in denial: study

Matthew Rozsa
Sarah Snook and Brian Cox in "Succession" and Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump (HBO/Getty Images/Salon)

Succession exposes our meritocracy myth

Amanda Marcotte
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The myth of meritocracy

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
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Schools privilege the already privileged

Eisa Nefertari Ulen - Truthout
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Patriarchy is the problem, not men

Lauren Schiller
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Harvard's admission policy

Lara Perez-Felkner - The Conversation
Steven Brill (Knopf/Michael Lionstar)

Steven Brill on Trump and oligarchy

Chauncey DeVega
(AP)

The hidden cost of the estate tax

Robert Reich
Trey Gowdy; Paul Ryan; Kevin McCarthy (AP/Susan Walsh/J. Scott Applewhite/Reuters/Gary Cameron)

GOP: The party of death

Chauncey DeVega
(AP/John Locher/BBC/Mark Lennihan)

The meritocracy is a lie

Robert Reich

Asha Parker
Minnie Driver and Matt Damon in "Good Will Hunting" (Miramax Pictures)

Ivy League's meritocracy lie

Lani Guinier
(AP/Jessica Hill)

Revolt against the Ivy League!

Michael Schulson
The actual Thomas Friedman (AP/Stephen Chernin)

There's a new Thomas Friedman

R.J. Eskow