Governance After Neoliberalism, with Rey Fuenties
Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Rey Fuentes, Director at the Roosevelt Institute, discuss the Democratic "ideas primary." Roosevelt&
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Social Justice for Mortals
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Liberalism did not originate in the US, but we have certainly laid claim to one of the boldest attempts at
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Trump's Jacksonianism and Its Needed Response
At least since the primary season a year ago, Donald Trump has been compared to Andrew Jackson, perhaps the most
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Last week’s backlash to the Pepsi ad featuring Kendall Jenner and an army of hipster-looking protesters was fast
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The Anti-War History of Literature
In his 2010 acceptance lecture for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa praised the civilizing power
Principles of Liberalism
It’s beginning to sound cliché to say liberalism is in crisis, but anti-liberal parties are on the rise
Not Against Democracy
Libertarians have long harbored reservations about democracy, and some of their concerns have lately won mainstream attention amid an ongoing
Toward a New Masculinity
I sit down to write this essay having just finished washing the dishes from the breakfast I made for my