Abandoning Trans Rights Is Not a Path to Victory
While columnists discuss the finer points of trans women in sports, Republicans pursue an authoritarian and punitive regime.
Now Is Not the Time for Moral Flexibility: The Example of John Quincy Adams
We must stand by the principles of the open society, pluralism, freedom, and mutual toleration.
A Practical Program for Resisting a Trump Second Term
How to fight back against the implementation of fascism in America.
An Exercise in Political Imagination: the Day Stephen Bright and Bryan Stevenson Debated William F. Buckley
Bright and Stevenson defended the abolition of capital punishment at a moment when political support for that movement reached its nadir.
Liberalism and the Politics of Joy
A natural companion to the fight against reactionary Christian nationalism.
Liberals Must Wage War on Rent-Seeking
Rent-seeking classes form a core backbone of the Republican Party.
Kevin Vallier’s Politics of Peace Against Theocracy in “All the Kingdoms of the World”
Vallier's critique of integralism can be generalized to apply to a variety of illiberalisms.
The Democratic Party and Its Rightward Shift on the Border
How did we get here from "no human is illegal"?
Donald Trump, in His Own Words and Deeds
We cannot let people grow numb to the things Trump says and does.