About

Liberal Currents publishes writers of diverse perspectives who share an unflinching commitment to freedom, pluralism, and democracy, in opposition to authoritarianism at home and around the world. Our mission is to create a home for mere liberalism, where the many conflicting currents of the liberal tradition can enter into productive conversation.

Liberalism around the world is facing its greatest crisis since the 1930s. If we rest on our laurels, we will be overtaken. We must be bold. We must exercise creativity and ingenuity. But we must never lose sight of the liberal values we seek to promote in doing so. To meet this moment, Liberal Currents promotes thinkers who advance ambitious agendas to foster a truly open society.

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If you would like to contribute writing to Liberal Currents, please contact us at writers@liberalcurrents.com.

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Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Adam Gurri

Associate Editors
Jason Briggeman
Paul Crider
Caitlin M. Green
Samantha Hancox-Li
Adrian Rutt

AV Editor
Trent R. Nelson

Contributing Editors
Toby Buckle
Katherine Alejandra Cross
Matthew Downhour
Alan Elrod
Sophia Hottel
Jason Kuznicki
Matthew McManus
Maia Mindel
Cathy Reisenwitz
Sourodipto Roy
Adam Rust

Authors
Ahmed Ahmed
Nathan Alexander
Erika R. Alpert
Y. L. Al-Sheikh
Alex Aragona
Alfred Archer
Guillaume A. W. Attia
Ábris P. Bendek
Noah Berlatsky
Elizabeth Popp Berman
Robert Black
A. D. Blair
Eric Brandom
Janet Bufton
Catherine Caruso
Greg Caskey
Hunter CG
Emily Chamlee-Wright
Victoria Clutton
Alex Donovan Cole
Will Compernolle
Liam Connell
Janet Conroy-Quirk
Andy Craig
Lauren Crosby
Kevin Currie-Knight
Firmin DeBrabander
Sebastian Delgado
Gus diZerega
Ed Dolan
Standard Duong
Patrick Eddington
David Eil
Eiynah
Kevin J. Elliott
Luis Feliz Leon
Nick Felker
Patrick Fessenbecker
Holly Berkley Fletcher
Carolina Flores
Kyle Fruh
Ashish George
Mila Ghorayeb
Isaiah Glick
Bill Glod
Sami Gold
Nathan Goldwag
Bianca Gonzalez
Peter Michael Gratton
Patrick Greeley
Jacob Grier
Elijah Gullett
Gary T. Gunnels
Martin Gurri
Samuel Hammond
Michael B. Harris-Peyton
Cameron Harwick
Björn Hasselgren
Keira Havens
Carol Hay
Thomas Hitchner
Samuel Hoadley-Brill
Michael Hoffman
Piper Holland
Kian Hudson
Rebecca Ann Hughes
Yameen Huq
Jay Jeffers
Tahra Jirari
Jeremiah Johnson
Alan Kahan
Daniel Klein
Mark Koyama
Daniel Kuehn
Quill R Kukla
Sharon Kuruvilla
Jerrod Laber
Steve Lafleur
Zeb Larson
Brink Lindsey
Jeremy Livingston
Sam Mace
Akiva Malamet
Doug McCullough
Mike McGraw
Brooke Medina
Branko Milanovic
Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin
Emily Monaco
Jake Monaghan
Michael J. Moore
Chris Morgan
Julie Moronuki
Isa Muhammad
Kohl Neal
Alex Norris
Nico Orlandi
Chance Phillips
Elizabeth Picciuto
Gill Platek
Paul Poenicke
Aaron Rabinowitz
Victor Ray
M Riley
Will Rinehart
Melvin Rogers
Athena Rose
Paul Henry Rosenberg
Jonas Rosenthal
Anthony Sanders
Henry Sargent
Eric Schliesser
Marcus Schultz-Bergin
Matt Sleat
Patrick J. Sobkowski
Lucian Staiano-Daniels
Vladyslav Starodubtsev
Joshua Stein
Carolyn Stewart
Joseph Stieb
David Stinson
Scott Strgacich
David Stromberg
Robert Talisse
Jason Tebbe
Michael Tolhurst
Rob Tracinski
Oliver Traldi
Robert Tsai
Brandon Turner
Vikas Valiveti
Kevin Vallier
Gareth Watkins
Galen Watts
Danielle M. Wenner
Miles Whitney
Britton Williams
Jake Wojtowicz
Kelly Wright
Owen Yeates

Podcast Guests
Robert Jackson Bennett
Talia Bhatt
Hagen Blix
Jamelle Bouie
Aris Clemons
Bret Devereaux
Joshua Erlich
Clay Jackson
Lexi Koren
Maureen Kosse
Talia Lavin
Anna O. Law
Alex Lefebvre
Steven Monacelli
Phillips O'Brien
Melissa Fisher Paoni
Aaron Ross Powell
Ned Resnikoff
Greg Sargent
Rebecca Sear
Will Stancil
Katie Talhelm
Evan Urquhart
David Vatz
Bradford Vivian
Steven Randy Waldman

Initial Site Design
Lauren Orsini

Podcast Sound and Art Design
Nick Dodson
Nicholas Mulholland
Paul Nawrocki
Stephen Polanco
Theravada

Supporting Patrons
Ryan Abrams
Sara Anderson
Cadence Andrysiak
Srabani Banerjee
Nick Banner
Wendy Barnett
Dom Calderon
Amanda Clark
Matthew Saint Cyr
Matt Darling
Evan Deaubl
Mike DeMichillie
Hyacinth Diehl
Gus diZerega
Brandon Downey
Peter Escobar
Derek Gottlieb
Steven Hancox
Joseph Hoagbin
Norbert Hornstein
Jeffrey Ince
Carey Johnson
Phoebe Lemann
Jacob Levy
Eleanor Lockhart
Andrew Ross Loomis
Robert Mealy
David Morar
Sam Myszkowski
Boaz Nash
Joel Parish
Will Sidley Parker
Casey Pifer
Charles Pratt
Evan Prellberg
Joseph Romance
Andrew Sabl
Eric Schliesser
Andreas Christian Schou
Erik Simon
Susan Somers
Matthew Sullivan
Kyle Trowbridge
Timothy P. Wegener II
Oleksandr Yakovyshyn