Editor's Notes: Media Consolidation Is More Dangerous Than Media Fragmentation
We need to strengthen truly liberal media institutions.
The Parasocial Style in American Politics, Part 2: Witch Hunts and Comfort Blankets
As during witch hunts, social media enables a process of rendering people into totemic figures in a war between Good and Evil.
Editor's Notes: Our Headless Opposition Party System
The opposition to Trump is diverse, diffuse, decentralized, and lacking in leadership.
The Master Key of Modern Politics?
Ibram X. Kendi's new book "Chain of Ideas" promises an alluringly straightforward model of modern politics.
Mr. Rogers With a Steel Spine (Out of the Jaws #8, with Brad Lander)
Being a better neighbor can lay the foundations for resisting authoritarianism.
Democratic Socialism Gets Serious
"The Blueprint" demonstrates how the new generation of democratic socialists are providing real, practical proposals for economic transformation.
Announcing Liberal Currents Live and Headwaters
A weekly video livestream and a weekly email roundup of what we've done.
The Third Red Scare
“Antifa” serves much the same function today that “Bolshevik” did a century ago.
Headwaters: July 25–August 1, 2026
Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead.
Sovereign Citizens with Badges? (Neon Liberalism #84, with Jessica Pishko)
So-called "constitutional sheriffs" are spreading across the country.
Lindsey Graham: "Corporal," Senator, Hypocrite (Half the Answer #96, with Maya Rupert)
The life and works of the man who occupied the most racist seat in American history.
The Reconstruction Papers Updates: Copies in Hand, Podcasts, and More
It has been an exciting few weeks, as people continue to receive their copies of The Reconstruction Papers. Murphy’s