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What Is Liberalism Today?

Liberalism has saved this country from the forces of reaction before. Is it up to the task today?

What Is Liberalism Today?

Liberalism has saved this country from the forces of reaction before. Is it up to the task today?

Collage of Barack Obama, Martin Luther King Jr., Hubert Humphrey, Gloria Steinem, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt

Michael Tomasky

Liberalism’s Natural Disadvantage—and How to Overcome It

We are vastly outnumbered, but our record of accomplishment is formidable. Today, though, the task before us is as grave as ever.

June 20, 2024

June 21, 2024

Demonstrators hold signs during a rally against a ban on Muslim immigration on January 28, 2017 in San Francisco, California.

Don’t Be Fooled By Liberalism’s Modesty