Better Win a District: Arkansas’s Second
There have been many near-misses at dislodging Rep. French Hill ever since the state hard-shifted from blue to red in 2010.
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Liberal Currents Live: Talarico, El-Sayed, and How to Handle the GOP's Trans Hate
How should Democratic candidates for office react to open bigotry from their opponents?
Liberal Currents Live: America's Millions of Millionaires Are a Nice Problem to Have
With great wealth comes great power and great responsibility.
Is Liberal Socialism a Contradiction in Terms? (Out of the Jaws #7, with Matthew McManus and Paul Crider)
Are liberalism and socialism completely incompatible? Ryan and Adam talk with University of Michigan lecturer in political science Matthew McManus
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
The Communist and the Caricature: The Missed Opportunity in August Nimtz and Kyle Edwards' "The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution"
Nimtz and Edwards offer caricatures where a fascinating and nuanced reality was available.
Abolition, Amnesty, Decriminalization, Open Borders
You may not believe immigration restrictions are racist, but racists believe immigration restrictions are racist.
Setting a Fire by the Powder Keg
Trump, Miller, and ICE are playing with fire and we cannot help them stick the blame elsewhere.
The Editors' Chat #6
This month we discuss whether the Epstein story has blown over, the Charlie Kirk killing, the future AOC administration, and more.
Liberalism for the 21st Century
We must stop shadowboxing old enemies and focus on reactionaries holding the daggers to our throats today.
The Liberal Currents Canon, or Some Good Books
From time to time we get asked for recommended reading. The topics vary, but given the nature of Liberal Currents
Who's Really Zero-Sum?
As is so often the case with insults hurled at liberals, the charge of zerosumness is one of rightwing projection.