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The Squad Meets Wendell Berry: A Localist Defense of the AOC/Tlaib Public Banking Act

Local public banking can be a unifying issue for the left and localist right alike.

8 min readOct 31, 2020

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The Squad Meets Wendell Berry: A Localist Defense of the AOC/Tlaib Public Banking Act

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Andrew Figueiredo

French Defenders of the Countryside

Combative agrarians have a role in recent French politics, from CPNT to Jean Lassalle to José Bové.

12 min readApr 10, 2022

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French Defenders of the Countryside

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Andrew Figueiredo

A Portuguese-American take on “My Father Left Me Ireland”

Living with my grandparents during undergrad proved a great gift, allowing me to tap into an inheritance of wisdom.

8 min readDec 28, 2020

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A Portuguese-American take on “My Father Left Me Ireland”

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Andrew Figueiredo

The British Paradigm Shift?

Is there room for a communitarian realignment in the UK’s politics?

13 min readOct 25, 2020

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The British Paradigm Shift?

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Andrew Figueiredo

Drugs and the American Void: Reviewing “Methland” and “Dopesick”

What happens when a community is hollowed out and drugs enter the picture?

9 min readSep 9, 2020

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Drugs and the American Void: Reviewing “Methland” and “Dopesick”

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Andrew Figueiredo

Christopher Lasch and Finding Our Limits

Lasch ends with a call for us to free ourselves by recognizing limits and renouncing resentment.

12 min readJul 22, 2020

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Christopher Lasch and Finding Our Limits

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Andrew Figueiredo

Child Allowances and Family-Scale Capitalism

Why a child allowance is the right thing for the left and for our country

13 min readJun 22, 2020

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Child Allowances and Family-Scale Capitalism

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Andrew Figueiredo

Save the American Restaurant

Amidst this pandemic, we desperately need a plan to save the American eatery.

6 min readJun 12, 2020

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Save the American Restaurant

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Andrew Figueiredo

Trump’s Forgotten Antecedents

Other Republicans who ran for President share parallels with the current President, some in style, some on the issues, some on both.

17 min readMay 27, 2020

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Trump’s Forgotten Antecedents

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Andrew Figueiredo

The Catholic Case for Andrew Yang

Reposting one of my favorite pieces, which I wrote in May 2019.

15 min readMay 24, 2020

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The Catholic Case for Andrew Yang

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Andrew Figueiredo

Andrew Figueiredo

Moderate Communitarian politics. Catholic. 1st Gen Portuguese-American born and raised in Kansas. Now a law student in Pennsylvania.

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