Dems Need a Project 2027
The 120th Congress must have a plan to re-assert its power immediately. Here's a start.
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Degenerate Nation: RFK Jr’s Far-Right Disease Prevention
RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda is of a piece with Trump's nativist, Darwinian politics.
Nobody Cares That White Supremacists Are Calling the Shots Now
Darren Beattie, a speechwriter for Trump early during his first term, posted the following in October 2024, a month before
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
There Are No Simple Answers to International Relations
Everyone who has ever approached international relations with a formula has always overreached and oversimplified.
Half the Answer #25: Still Talking About Epstein
Trent and Caitlin talk to Greg Sargent, journalist and podcaster with The New Republic, about recent stories including the striking
Dessalines: A Maligned Hero Gets His Due
Dessalines was a man of action more than ideas, but his actions helped bring revolutionary ideas into existence, along with a wide range of revolutionary thought around the world, inspired by Haiti’s example.
Neon Liberalism #37: The Authoritarian Logic of Child Abuse
Join Samantha and guest Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords and Wild Faith, as they discuss Donald Trump's
Half the Answer #24: Civil Rights Under Trump
Caitlin and Trent chat with civil rights lawyer Joshua Erlich about the state of civil rights under Trump. What civil
How the Restraint Movement Lost Its Way
The restraint movement's attachment to Trump has compromised its ability to offer a credible alternative to American foreign policy orthodoxy.
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.
The Modern Far Right Canon
Modern far right thinkers style themselves as an insurgent movement against power, combining a self-pitying victimhood with exaggerated fantasies of rediscovered manliness.