Erika R. Alpert - Liberal Currents

Extremely Online: A Definition

Becoming Extremely Online is a choice: one that fewer of us should make.

Katherine Alejandra Cross Aug 27, 2026

The Trump Trainwreck

The president’s choices at home and abroad are boosting Democrats’ chances in November.

Nicholas Grossman Aug 26, 2026

A Republic of Excuses

You will not like it here and it will get worse until we get better.

Justin Briley Aug 25, 2026

Erika R Alpert is a linguist and anthropologist who has written and taught about families and language in Japan, Kazakhstan, and the US. You can usually find her under a cat and baby pile in Chicago.

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Trump Can't Both Deport Millions and Increase the Population

No serious person believes it’s possible to both decrease and increase the US population at the same time.

Erika R. Alpert Apr 23, 2025