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Liberalism
September 12, 2019
Matt Ford
Liberalism Is at a Crossroads, Not a Dead End
Some leftist thinkers are too pessimistic about the fate of liberal values in the age of Trump.
September 9, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
The Right Wing’s Cultural Civil War Is a Drag
A splintered conservative movement slouches toward authoritarianism, thanks to—of all things—drag queens at the library.
May 17, 2019
Magazine
Astra Taylor
Reclaiming the Future
On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality
May 16, 2019
Alan Wolfe
Nathan Glazer’s Life of the Mind
In his critique of 1960s movements, Glazer was not defending conservatism so much as trying to protect a clearer path to liberalism.
May 6, 2019
Magazine
David Sessions
The Emptiness of Adam Gopnik’s Liberalism
His new book lacks a fundamental understanding of political-economic power.
February 20, 2019
Magazine
Win McCormack
Two Traditions
Unearthing The New Republic's intellectual roots
January 28, 2019
Alexis Papazoglou
What Would John Stuart Mill Do—to Fix Facebook?
Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, recently hired to manage the beleaguered tech giant's global affairs and communications, digs the liberal-utilitarian theorist.
January 24, 2019
Warren Breckman
The Conflicted Soul of Modern Liberalism
A new book traces the history of an idea—and shows what American liberals have lost.
January 15, 2019
Alexis Papazoglou
The Philosophical Roots of Today’s Immigration Debate
President Trump and his critics are falling into camps very reminiscent of a classic philosophical debate of the 1970s: two different conceptions of moral duty.
November 21, 2018
Magazine
Win McCormack
A Dutiful Citizen
Gary Hart's quest for a more participatory democracy
October 3, 2018
Magazine
Win McCormack
False Concepts of Liberty, Pt. 2
Individual freedom and the public square
April 30, 2018
Magazine
Adam Winkler
Corporate Political Conscience
Why big business is suddenly into liberal politics
April 20, 2018
Magazine
Win McCormack
Are You Progressive?
How a vital term in U.S. political life lost its significance—and could regain it today
April 4, 2018
Melissa Hooper
A Humble Proposal to Sanction Some Hungarian Kleptocrats
Viktor Orban's corrupt authoritarian style seems to be spreading in Europe, with serious security risks.
March 27, 2018
Nick Hewlett
Nicolas Sarkozy and the Weakness of Liberal Democracy
Allegations that the former French president accepted millions from Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi are uncomfortably relevant in the Trump era.
February 16, 2018
Magazine
Win McCormack
Liberalism After Liberalism
The civic republican tradition and its lost treasure
November 1, 2017
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Making of a Tough-Minded Liberal
Chris Matthews's new biography of Bobby Kennedy revisits the promise of an inclusive populism.
October 18, 2017
Magazine
Jeet Heer
Sibling Rivalry
Liberals and socialists share a common inheritance. So why can’t they find a way to work together to defeat Trump?
October 11, 2017
Bob Moser
Clintonian Democrats Are Peddling Myths to Cling to Power
Centrists are falsely equating Trump with Nixon, and Sanders with McGovern, because they're scared of what a leftist party means for them.
July 13, 2017
William Davies
What Is “Neo” About Neoliberalism?
How to tell the difference between liberalism and something else.
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