America's Trump Rebranding (The Opposition Report #14)
Iran and Cuba, the death of the Voting Rights Act, the corruption, and more.
Authors
Samantha Hancox-Li is the Executive Editor of Liberal Currents and host of the Neon Liberalism podcast.
View articlesTrent R. Nelson is a poet, historian, and philosopher, as well as a political and socioeconomic analyst. He is the managing editor for MWF Springfield and a contributing editor with Liberal Currents.
View articlesCaitlin Green is a linguist specializing in Discourse Studies and Pragmatics. She lives in California with her husband, two daughters, and a very small black cat.
View articlesAlan Elrod is the president & CEO of the Pulaski Institution, an Arkansas-based think tank. He is also a columnist and Contributing Editor at Liberal Currents.
View articlesPaul Crider is a husband and father living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He daylights as a semiconductor engineer but otherwise likes to spend his time reading and writing.
View articlesMatt McManus is the author of "The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism," amongst other books, and he is an assistant professor in the Political Science department at Spelman College.
View articlesMatthew Downhour writes about liberal theory and the liberal tradition, and teaches history and economics.
View articlesJason Briggeman is an associate editor of Liberal Currents. He teaches economics at Austin Community College.
View articlesGuillaume A.W. Attia studies intellectual history at the University of British Columbia.
View articlesChance Phillips is an economics PhD student at UMass Amherst with a master’s in political science. He also freelances as a reporter and an essayist.
View articlesKatherine Cross is a widely published critic and scholar. Her new book "Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix" is available now from Little Puss Press.
View articlesToby Buckle is host of the Political Philosophy Podcast and editor of What is Freedom? He podcasts and writes on liberalism, republicanism, ideology, and religion.
View articlesJason Kuznicki is an independent writer and political theorist. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in international studies from Case Western Reserve University.
View articlesAdam Rust is a Kansas native who now lives in San Francisco Bay Area where he practices law. His writings on law, legal culture, and politics have appeared in Liberal Currents, where he is a contributing editor, and Balls and Strikes.
View articlesJoseph Stieb is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of The Regime Change Consensus: Iraq in American Politics, 1990-2003. He is working on a book about conservatives' ideas about terrorism.
View articlesSteve Kennedy is the organizing and network director at the People’s Parity Project. He received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law, his M.S. from New York University, and his B.S. from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
View articlesAlex Donovan Cole is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK. He is the author of "The Politics of Remembrance of Günter Grass" from Routledge.
View articlesNicholas Grossman is a political science professor at the University of Illinois. the editor of Arc Digital, and the author of "Drones and Terrorism."
View articleswrites about democracy, comparative government, and transportation policy. He studied political science and public policy at UCLA and Georgetown.
View articlesNick Felker is a engineering graduate of Rowan University, class of 2017 and currently works as a software engineer.
View articlesJanet Bufton is an educational consultant and a founder of the Institute for Liberal Studies. Her writing is collected at janetbufton.substack.com.
View articlesAlex Aragona is a business professional residing in Canada. He is a producer and the host of The Curious Task podcast from the Institute for Liberal Studies.
View articlesMaia Mindel is an economics graduate and Master's student in urban economics. She writes at Some Unpleasant Arithmetic.
View articlesVictor Ray is the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa and author of On Critical Race Theory: Why it Matters & Why You Should Care.
View articlesLucian Staiano-Daniels is a Research Fellow in the History Lab at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His upcoming book is on common soldiers in the Thirty Years War.
View articlesSam Mace is a teaching fellow at the University of Leeds and has a PhD in Political Theory.
View articlesVikas Valiveti is a psychology undergrad, a musician and an aspiring author.
View articlesCathy Reisenwitz is a SF-based writer with a focus on sex, politics, and technology. She is Editor-in-Chief of Sex and the State.
View articlesRyan C. Smith is an economic historian, author of, "The Real Oil Shock" and is writing "The Emerging Energy Revolution", a book on how renewable energy is the biggest invention since steam power.
View articlesAkiva Malamet is an MA student in Philosophy at Queen’s University, Kingston, and a Catalyst Policy Fellow at the Independent Institute.
View articlesPatrick J. Sobkowski is a professor at Marquette University. He writes about constitutional law and administrative law. You can follow him on Bluesky at @patsobkowski.com.
View articlesEric Schliesser is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. He blogs regularly at digressionsimpressions.substack.com. He is a Visiting Faculty Fellow at The Murphy Institute of Tulane University for 2025-2026.
View articlesPaul Rosenberg has been a columnist for Al Jazeera English and Salon.com, and has written for dozens of daily and weekly papers including the Des Moines Register, the Dallas Morning News, and the Christian Science Monitor.
View articlesWriting on Liberal Currents from a liberal, socialist and feminist perspective. Supports open borders and opposes rent extraction.
View articlesPeter Gratton, PhD, is a book author and professor of philosophy. He covers political theory, technology, finance, and political economy.
View articlesJacob Grier writes about drinks, public policy, and other vices in Portland, Oregon.
View articlesMichael Hoffman is an economist and armchair philosopher in Washington, DC. Views are his own and do not necessarily represent those of his employer.
View articlesLauren Crosby Medlicott is a freelance journalist writing about social justice and human rights. Subscribe to her newsletter at laurencrosbymedlicott.substack.com. Twitter: @LaurenMedlicott.
View articlesBianca Gonzalez specializes in writing about social responsibility and content marketing. She is 22 years old and has a Bachelor of Arts from SUNY Buffalo State in philosophy and English.
View articlesY. L. Al-Sheikh is a Palestinian-American writer, historian of the American Left, and member of DSA. They are on Twitter at @EmissaryOfNight and on Substack at aletterfromthenight.substack.com.
View articlesJustin is a writer and political organizer from Georgia. His poetry and fiction have appeared in Rattle Magazine, Expat Press, Electric Literature, & elsewhere. He can usually be found knocking on your door with campaign material.
View articlesRobert Black is a constitutional lawyer. He also writes at The Evening Constitutional.
View articlesSophia Hottel is a writer and activist based in Philadelphia. She writes at Holographic Liberal and is a contributing editor at Liberal Currents.
View articlesNathan Goldwag is a writer and archivist with a particular interest in history, politics and how the two intersect. He writes about that and other topics at his blog Goldwag’s Journal on Civilization.
View articlesZeb Larson is a writer and historian in Columbus, Ohio. He received his PhD from Ohio State University in 2019, where he studied the anti-apartheid movement in the United States.
View articlesIsa Muhammad is a Nigerian-based Writer, Journalist and Author who is gradually writing his way to the sharp end of journalism.
View articlesMila Ghorayeb is a graduate student in political theory at McGill University doing research in the history of political thought and critical social theory.
View articlesJeremiah Johnson is the Policy Director at the Center for New Liberalism and the host of the Neoliberal Podcast.
View articlesJerrod A. Laber is a writer and non-profit program manager based in Arlington, Virginia.
View articlesJoshua Stein is a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of Calgary, focusing on meta-ethics and a range of sub-disciplines ending in "ethics."
View articlesDenny Carter is the founder of BadFaithTimes.com, where he analyzes the American right’s use of bad-faith politics to advance its anti-democracy agenda and what elected Democrats should be doing about it. Denny also writes and podcasts about the NFL.
View articlesWill Compernolle is an economist in New York City. He blogs, makes podcasts, and writes music about 18th century Scottish economists.
View articlesDoing my best to mine both American and world history for insights that can be weaponized in defense of democracy.
View articlesSourodipto Roy is a some-time writer interested in economics, environmental studies and philosophy
View articlesMichael Tolhurst is the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Institute for Humane Studies. Prior to this role he was a senior program manager at the Charles Koch Foundation.
View articlesMark Koyama is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He was the W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell Fellow at the Hoover Institution for the 2017-2018 academic year.
View articlesEiynah is a Canadian illustrator, host of the podcast Polite Conversations, and researcher of far-right, 'Intellectual Dark Web,' and rationalist shenanigans.
View articlesHolly Berkley Fletcher is a PhD historian and former CIA analyst. Her book, The Missionary Kids, is due out in August. She writes on Substack at A Zebra Without Stripes.
View articlesGillian Brockell is a former Washington Post staff writer and former flight attendant. She tracks ICE flights and third-country removals.
View articlesJason Tebbe earned his PhD in history from the University of Illinois. He has written for various publications both popular and academic. He is currently working on a scholarly project on Bob Dylan.
View articlesTaylor Carik is an artist, writer, and festival producer in Minneapolis. He also teaches as an Adjunct Faculty in the Communications, Film, and New Media Department at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN.
View articlesSamuel G. Freedman is the author of 10 books, including Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights. He is a visiting fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
View articlesSamuel Hammond is a Poverty and Welfare Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center.
View articlesHunter CG or better known as @RoteRoteMedia is an American and British progressive political influencer and elected Democratic Party functionary for Democrats Abroad based in Europe.
View articlesCameron is an economics student at George Mason University with interests in tax policy, immigration, and housing. He normally posts about politics on X and Bluesky and occasionally writes long-form articles and essays on his Substack.
View articlesJoseph Hillyard is a Dramatic Writing Major and History Minor studying at NYU (2026). Growing up in a civic minded Black and Jewish family in Manhattan, he has long been interested in American history and progressive politics.
View articlesMarisa Kabas is a Brooklyn-based independent writer and reporter. She is the founder of The Handbasket.
View articlesIsrael Kolawole is a freelance writer covering culture, technology, and society. His work explores how systems shape everyday life, with a focus on underreported communities and emerging digital realities.
View articlesJohn Banks is an activist and the former policy advisor for the Mustafa Zuberi campaign in the 2025 Ontario election. His interests are in covering right-wing extremism, authoritarianism, and technology.
View articlesDavid Lay Williams is Professor of Political Science at DePaul University and an affiliate at the University of Chicago’s Stone Center for Research on Economic Inequality and Mobility. He is the author of The Greatest of All Plagues (Princeton, 2024)
View articlesFrederick Douglass was a 19th century orator and statesman. After escaping slavery, Douglass campaigned for abolition and civil rights for women and African Americans after the Civil War.
View articlesBill Glod is a freelance writer and editor, previously the Senior Program Officer at IHS. He has a philosophy PhD from Tulane University. His main research is on whether paternalism is ever justified.
View articlesGus diZerega is a retired Political Scientist (PhD Berkeley, 1984) whose academic work has focused on liberalism, democracy, exploring the implications of F. A. Hayek’s work, and environmental issues.
View articlesJonathan M. Katz is a journalist and the author of *Gangsters of Capitalism* and *The Big Truck That Went By*.
View articlesLucy is a radical liberal and world federalist with a concerning level of interest in late 20th century US politics and political simulation games. This is your very unsubtle invitation to play the Campaign Trail.
View articlesAudrey Lee is a digital nomad who left a career as a death investigator to live the van life all over North America, sharing what she sees with anyone who wants to look. You can find her at @awkwardly_audrey on most platforms.
View articlesWalker Bragman is a journalist tracking dark money and attacks on public health. He is a co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute.
View articlesNate Oseroff-Spicer did too many degrees in philosophy of science then left academia right before it all fell apart. He lives with his husband and cat in a one-room flat in London.
View articlesDan Holtmeyer is a writer and photographer in northwest Arkansas with 15 years of writing and editing experience in newsrooms across the central U.S.
View articlesDanielle Wenner is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.
View articlesKatie Talhelm is a Public Library Manager in Texas and serves on the Texas Library Association’s intellectual freedom committee.
View articlesEvan Urquhart is a journalist and founder of Assigned Media, a daily news site that is dedicated to publishing factual coverage of trans issues.
View articlesKevin J. Elliott is a political theorist and lecturer at Yale University. He writes about democracy, being a good citizen, and how to do both better.
View articlesHagen Blix is a cognitive scientist, linguist, and AI researcher. Along with Ingeborg Glimmer, he is the author of “Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares.”
View articlesJamelle Bouie is a New York Times Opinion columnist. He is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
View articlesYameen Huq is a Director in the Cybersecurity Program at the Aspen Institute, where he works on cybersecurity, AI, and national security. He was a Deputy Data Director in the Biden 2020 campaign.
View articlesBret Devereaux is an ancient and military historian and currently an assistant teaching professor at North Carolina State University. His blog is A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry.
View articlesMaureen Kosse holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She will soon be in a postdoc position in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State.
View articlesMiles Whitney is an attorney and writer living in Sacramento, California.
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