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April 14, 2021
MagazineEvan Kindley
How Americans Lost Their Fervor for Freedom
Louis Menand’s new book traces the decline of a defining ideal.
February 17, 2021
MagazineAdolph Reed Jr.
The Retrograde Quest for Symbolic Prophets of Black Liberation
Moving beyond the Moses Complex
April 20, 2020
MagazineRoy Scranton
American Foreign Policy Is Not Ready for Climate Change
The U.S. has to rethink its role in an era of ecological disaster.
June 21, 2018
Ali Wyne
Is America Choosing Decline?
Anxiety about China surpassing the United States is old news. The numbers are complicated—but actively undermining the postwar order isn't helping.
July 8, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
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