Is the Lock Box Empty? (Neon Liberalism #82, with Stephen Nuñez)
The American government is an insurance company with an army—so how do our insurance company's finances look?
The Power of Christian Nationalism (Neon Liberalism #81, with Allyson Shortle)
Samantha and guest Allyson Shortle, professor at the University of Oklahoma, talk about the current state and long history of
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.
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
Editor's Notes: The Endurance of Biopolitics
Insurgent right-wing parties across the Western world have made population composition the objective of their political movements.
The Supreme Court Is Broken (Neon Liberalism #79, with Madiba Dennie)
The Supreme Court has never occupied a more central place in American governance. Republican dominance on that court has enabled
Heterosexuality Strikes Back
If we want to save heterosexuality, we must save it from heterosexualism.
The Reconstruction Papers, a Bold New Vision For the Post-Trump World (Out of the Jaws #5, with Samantha Hancox-Li)
Liberal Currents executive editor and Neon Liberalism host Samantha Hancox-Li joins Ryan and Adam to discuss The Reconstruction Papers.
Governance After Neoliberalism (Neon Liberalism #78, with Rey Fuentes)
Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Rey Fuentes, Director at the Roosevelt Institute, discuss the Democratic "ideas primary." Roosevelt&
Would a Land Value Tax Fix That? (Neon Liberalism #77, with Christopher England)
Samantha and guest Christopher England, author of Land and Liberty, talk the legacy of Henry George and his most famous
Editor's Note: The Difference Between Governing and Campaigning
The ideas primary is not about catchy slopulist slogans or incoherent wish-lists from every group under the sun, but must return a genuine program for successful governance.