Editor's Notes: The Diplomatic Declaration and the Philosophical Declaration
Tomorrow will make it 250 years since “the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America” that “all political
Reject the Poison: Towards an Honest Mass Politics
An honest mass politics sets the center of gravity of self-governance in legislatures, not in technocratic antipolitics or caudillismo hyperpolitics.
Is the United States of America a Republic, and not a Democracy?
Putting a meaningless distinction to bed.
America's 250th Birthday Party and the Green Reflecting Pool (Half the Answer #91, with Amanda Moore)
Why won't Gregory Bovino stay gone? Why can't Trump keep his pool clean? And how many
The War on Reconstruction
The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling on birthright citizenship is just one battle in the right's larger war on the Second Founding.
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Editor's Notes: The Diplomatic Declaration and the Philosophical Declaration
Tomorrow will make it 250 years since “the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America” that “all political
Everything Is Borked Up (The Opposition Report #15)
The out of control Supreme Court, American corruption at 250, Iran, Cuba, and more.
Perry Bacon of The New Republic Talks About The Reconstruction Papers With Adam Gurri
The Reconstruction Papers are steadily gaining attention. This Monday I was invited onto Right Now With Perry Bacon, a podcast
Nothing Ever Happens (The Editors' Chat #15)
The Editors' Chat is a monthly, freewheeling discussion among the editors of Liberal Currents. Today's episode talks
Liberal Currents Will Be at ISMA's Liberalism for the 21st Century Conference
The Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism will host a conference on Liberalism in the 21st Century on July
African Slavery in America
So much innocent blood have the managers and supporters of this inhuman trade to answer for.
Jesse Dollemore Talks About The Reconstruction Papers With Adam Gurri
Liberal YouTuber Jesse Dollemore had me back on his show on Friday to talk about The Reconstruction Papers. It was
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Nothing Ever Happens (The Editors' Chat #15)
The Editors' Chat is a monthly, freewheeling discussion among the editors of Liberal Currents. Today's episode talks
What Was Neoliberalism? (Neon Liberalism #80, with Nick Hanauer)
"Neoliberalism" has become an epithet applied to almost everything. And yet it represented a real political movement, one
Jared Kushner and Albania's Flamingo Revolution (Half the Answer #90, with Hunter CG)
Why is Albania having anti-Jared Kushner protests? What did he do to them? And what on Earth is going
The Legalization of Sports Gambling in America (Half the Answer #89, with Danny Funt)
How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody