Samantha Hancox-Li

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The Editors Chat #7

This month Samantha, Caitlin, and Trent met to chat about No Kings and more.

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Neon Liberalism #49: Liberalism 101: Liberalism Today

Join host Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Adam Gurri, founder and editor-in-chief of Liberal Currents, as they discuss the crisis—the malaise—that has befallen the Western world, the historical roots of the problem, and perhaps most importantly: what we can do to revitalize liberalism for the 21st century. Neon Liberalism

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Neon Liberalism #48: Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Enlightenment

Are you sad? Lonely? Can't get a girlfriend? The reactionary right promises a total philosophy of life—not just a politics, but a comprehensive way of living (and explaining why it's all the libs' fault). Can liberalism speak to the same anxieties? Host Samantha Hancox-Li

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Neon Liberalism #47: Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Limited Government

If you remember anything from high school civics, it's the phrases "separation of powers" and "checks and balances." That separation and those checks are under the greatest attack we've seen in our lifetimes. But why does that matter? How does it affect

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

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Neon Liberalism #46: Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Toleration

Samantha and Lucian Staiano-Daniels, author of "The War People," discuss the connection between liberalism and toleration and the dark history of religious civil war. How did the European Wars of Religion give birth to our concept of toleration? And is this history enough reason today to embrace toleration?

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

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Neon Liberalism #45: Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Prosperity

Samantha and fellow Liberal Currents editor Jason Briggeman discuss the economics of liberal democracy, starting from the basic question "why are all the rich countries liberal democracies?" Did liberal democracy cause the Industrial Revolution? What is the role of imperialism in the modern economy? And perhaps most importantly:

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Neon Liberalism #44: Why Be a Liberal?

Join host Samantha Hancox-Li for a discussion of the difference between liberalism as an assumed default and liberalism as an active project. Even as the progressive base—and Americans generally—grow increasingly outraged at Trump II's attacks on our Constitution, elite liberals in media and journalism wring their

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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.

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Neon Liberalism #43: The Future of Feminism

There's a lot of gender happening these days—and feminism, the political movement that ought to be at the forefront of responding to the MAGA backlash, is in its wilderness years. Join Samantha and guest Jude Doyle, author of the forthcoming book DILF, for a wide-ranging conversation about

Good Governance Requires Accountability

We must rediscover the virtue of ambition: the ambition to get out there and make some real changes—and the courage to face the music after.