Everything's 'National Security' in Trump's Washington (Half the Answer #106, with Stephanie Mencimer)
Donald Trump is changing the landscape of D.C., from East Potomac Park to the Kennedy Center to the 'Arc de Trump.'
Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater
Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.
The Return of the Cutting-Off Way
Structural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."
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Liberal Currents Live: The Cheap Precision Strike and the New Way of Raiding
Are drones fundamentally altering the nature of war for the worse, not for the better?
The Ark and the Deluge: The Unfurling of Equality in World History
Chapter 21 (pp. 169–175) from The Reconstruction Papers.
How Chile Recovered Its Democracy
A leader operating beyond the margins of the law can yet eventually be defeated in a free and fair election.
Editor's Notes: Your Local Fascists
We know what to do with Trump and his stooges. The harder question is what to do with the ordinary Americans we will have to live alongside afterwards.
Americans Are Angry. The Democratic Base Is Furious.
We must channel our anger at current injustices into productive direct action.
Podcasts
Liberal Currents Live: The Cheap Precision Strike and the New Way of Raiding
Are drones fundamentally altering the nature of war for the worse, not for the better?
The War with Iran Has No End (Neon Liberalism #92)
Structural factors are driving us towards a more chaotic and lawless world.
Don't Abandon Ukraine (Out of the Jaws #12, with Dylan Burns)
Tactical and technological innovations on the battlefield, and the brutal realities of war.
Orange Man Deteriorating: What It Means for 2026 and 2028 (Half the Answer #105, with Ryan Cooper)
Word salads, IVs, and naps are great again.