Editor's Notes: They Hate Us For Our Freedoms
The existence and idea of freedom and cosmopolitan diversity is an existential threat to authoritarians big and small.
The World That Woke 2.0 Seeks to Build
We can learn from the Civil Rights Movement, but we can also learn from its opposition.
How Taylor Sheridan's Fever Dreams Explain MAGA Foreign Policy (Neon Liberalism #88, with SecDef Rock)
The demented politics of "Lioness" have infected the Pentagon.
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Editor's Notes: They Hate Us For Our Freedoms
The existence and idea of freedom and cosmopolitan diversity is an existential threat to authoritarians big and small.
Guardrails for Democracy: How Congress Can Reinforce Privacy Rights and Independent Oversight
Chapter 4 (pp. 18–25) from The Reconstruction Papers.
Elites Need Some Emotional Distance from Social Media
Twenty-plus years on, it’s time they started adapting to the realities of the era.
Liberal Currents Live: J. K. Rowling and the Problem of the Extremely Online Elites
So much can be explained by the overcooking of these people's brains on X.
Extremely Online: A Definition
Becoming Extremely Online is a choice: one that fewer of us should make.
The Trump Trainwreck
The president’s choices at home and abroad are boosting Democrats’ chances in November.
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Liberal Currents Live: J. K. Rowling and the Problem of the Extremely Online Elites
So much can be explained by the overcooking of these people's brains on X.
How the Court Built Trump's Imperial Presidency (Neon Liberalism #87, with Josh Chafetz)
Supreme Court rulings stretching back decades laid the groundwork for expanded executive power.
For Back-to-School, It's Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (Half the Answer #99, with Caitlin Gilbert)
Vaccination rates are falling across the country.
Liberal Currents Live: Natalie Harp Is the Most Powerful Woman in the World
And that's why we have to talk about Natalie.