In Search of an FDR Consensus: The Future of an American Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 18 (pp. 140–153) from The Reconstruction Papers.
Trump's War on Christmas Is a War on Liberalism
After decades of make-believe, the Trump administration is promising an actual war on Christmas that would traumatize religious communities with armed state power.
Touring America with Border Patrol and ICE (Half the Answer #54, with Amanda Moore)
Trent and Caitlin catch up with journalist Amanda Moore to hear about her tour of American cities that have been
Ezra Klein, Self-Harm, and Liberal Perfectionism
From the beginning, liberals have felt the need to promote the development and flourishing of human nature in light of the good even if they disagreed about what it might be.
Sovereignty for Me, None for Thee
Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy reveals a radical blood-and-soil conception of national strategy based on maintaining white patriarchal Christian domination at home and abroad.
Politics As Culture (Neon Liberalism #55, with W. David Marx)
Has culture stagnated in the 21st century? Do the last twenty-five years feel like a blur? What can politics
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
The lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's transgressions and the popularity of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" derive from the same culture of voyeurism.
Sick in America: Is Everyone Else Lying to You? (Half the Answer #53, with Jonathan Howard)
Caitlin and Trent talk with Jonathan Howard, a neurologist, psychiatrist, and author of Everyone Else Is Lying to You and
No Ordinary Time
Eleanor Roosevelt remains a striking example of the struggle against authoritarianism in dark times.
Finding and Promoting Young Liberal Talent
What Liberal Currents is already doing for liberalism in this country, what we will continue to do.
Medical Research Is a Life and Death Issue
The casualties of the war on research will mount for years.