Liberal Currents (Page 2)

Speech That Plays It Safe Does Not Remain Free for Long

Fierce disputation and colorful variety are often a sign of a society in good health, not terminal decline.

The Washington Post and the Limits of Mourning

It is time to move from grief to revival.

None More Wonderful Than Man: Art, Artists, and MAGA’s Hollow View of Humanity

MAGA sees art as nothing more than a tool of self-aggrandizement, and artists as less than human.

Half the Answer #63: SCOTUS, the Fourth Amendment, and the Resistance

Trent and Caitlin talk to Chris Geidner of Law Dork about the absolute deluge of legal news that seems to be crashing over us like a tsunami. What are the current assaults on our constitutional rights? What are judges and lawmakers doing to defend those rights? Why is Mike Johnson

What It's Really Like: A First-Hand Account of the Portland ICE Facility Occupation

In Portland, members of the community have been standing up to ICE for most of Trump's second term so far.

Is It All Just Envy?

The sides of the inequality debate continue to talk past one another, as Don Boudreaux's recent criticisms demonstrate.

Who Owns the Founding? Akhil Reed Amar’s "Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution"

Amar's book is a useful history that nevertheless smooths over some of the real complexity of the eras it touches on.

From Powerlessness to Power

We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.

The Opposition Report #10

The occupation of Minneapolis, imperialism, MAHA, and more.

Neon Liberalism #62: What Is Personalism?

Samantha and guest Professor Xavier Márquez talk the nature of non-democratic politics, and why the concept of "personalism" is the key to understanding the dynamics and dysfunctions of the second Trump administration. Along the way they discuss the difference between totalitarianism and authoritarianism, the ongoing importance of elections

Terror Returns to Springfield

Ohio is preparing for the next occupation. We need to prepare with them.

After Alex Pretti’s Murder, It’s Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors

MAGA is committed to the belief that the people ICE is pursuing are inherently bad and that therefore opposing ICE is standing with criminals and rapists against the American people.

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Half the Answer #62: ICE Flights and Accountability in Journalism

Caitlin and Trent talk with journalist Gillian Brockell about her work tracking the flights and airline companies that move people in unsafe conditions to third-party recipient countries, where they will be imprisoned, mistreated, tortured, and possibly sent to their country of origin in violation of international law. Half the Answer

He Served Those Who Served: Portrait of a Man Named Pretti

It’s better to not know heroes exist than to find out they did only after they’re gone.

Don't Buy a Gun

Confrontational but nonviolent protest is more effective than the solipsistic comfort of an assault rifle.

Nonpolitical Media Has Been Flooded With Outrage at Alex Pretti's Murder

Anatomy of a turning point.

Victim on Trial: From Jennifer Levin to Renée Nicole Good

The Trump administration is deploying a time-tested playbook against women who were murdered.

We Are Doing Things About It: Getting Accurate Information in Occupied Minneapolis

Minnesota’s playbook against DHS’s occupation shows how residents connect together to get their information needs met without the news media spectacle.

The Badge Is a Burden Not a Privilege

The power of state violence comes with the obligation to uphold a higher standard, not permission to excuse a lower one.

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Neon Liberalism #61: The State of the Resistance

Samantha interviews Professor Omar Wasow, challenging him to reflect on the first year of the second Trump administration. What forms of resistance have worked? What forms have been less successful? Why is the regime trying to "recreate 2020," and why are they failing? Professor Wasow tells a story

Building a Bigger and Better Liberal Currents

The public fundraiser campaign is over. We are now heads down and putting your donations to good use.

The Editors' Chat #10

Ideological axes, Venezuela, Greenland, what to pitch us, and more.