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May 15, 2017
Malcolm Harris
A French Philosopher Considers the Kids
In “The True Life,” Alain Badiou addresses a new generation facing the fall of liberalism, the rise of fascism, and the end of gender.
February 6, 2017
Jedediah Britton-Purdy
The Anti-Trump Left Is Now the Only Hope for Moderates
Conservative and liberal values alike are threatened without the safeguards the left demands.
December 13, 2016
Sarah Jones
Liberals should try not having so much contempt for the poor.
December 7, 2016
Brian Beutler
Sorry, Conservatives, Trump’s Illiberalism Is on You.
Anti-Trumpers are trying to argue that Obama laid the foundation for authoritarianism.
May 3, 2016
MagazineAlan Wolfe
The Myth of the Limousine Liberal
There are far more conservatives being driven around in limos these days than liberals.
June 11, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Professors Do Live in Fear—But Not of Liberal Students
February 18, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is ISIS Authentically Islamic? Ask Better Questions.
The pitched battle of religious legitimacy.
September 19, 2014
David Marquand
We Shouldn't Forget Liberalism's Religious Roots
June 3, 2014
John B. Judis
The Last Time Fatcats Tanked the Economy, the Backlash Was Huge. Why Didn't That Happen This Time?
Explaining the power of 21st century plutocracy
March 15, 2014
Jackson Lears
Teddy Roosevelt, Not-So-Great Reformer
What Washington-focused liberals miss about Progressivism
March 12, 2014
Mike Konczal
An Incoherent Harper's Essay Suggests There's No Difference Between Obama and Republicans
Left-wing naivete about right-wing radicalism
February 27, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Failed. Good. But Did You Hear About Arkansas?
Liberals have a problem with bright shiny objects
January 6, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
There's One Big Difference Between GMO Skepticism and Climate-Change Denial
December 29, 2013
James Bloodworth
Stop Fawning Over Pope Francis at the Expense of Women and Gay Rights
November 29, 2013
Henry Aaron, Harold Pollack
Now's Not the Time for Liberals to Say "I Told You So" About Obamacare
November 24, 2013
Franklin Foer
Obamacare's Threat to Liberalism
November 11, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
A Chris Christie Presidency Would Be a Disaster for Liberals
September 30, 2013
Michael Kazin
Why Aren't Those New, Millennial Liberals Protesting the Shutdown?
February 18, 2013
Timothy Noah
How Liberals Became ‘Real Americans’
February 6, 2013
Michael Kazin
Who Are You Calling a Liberal?
If Obama is liberalism's standard bearer, liberalism's in bad shape

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