Five Years of Liberal Currents
It has been five years since Liberal Currents launched with seven essays at the ready. Many more have been published
It's Important to Know What You Stand For Without Forgetting Why You Stand For It
The policy needle of the state and the conscience of the public don’t budge in any direction if people
War and Racial Liberalism in Europe
The nations of the world are remarkably united in opposition to the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine launched in late
The Liberal Tradition Against Anti-Trans Laws
On February 22, 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Department of Family and Protective Services to refer for prosecution
The End of (Teaching) History
A popular saying, often used when discussing the uncertainties of the past, is that “history is written by winners.” The
Biopolitics and the Illiberal Project
It is very important that I am banned from weightlifting. Very important that I never compete in mixed martial arts,
The Dangers of Overestimating America's Power to Determine Events
In opposing US imperialism, progressives often emphasize US power. The logic here is straightforward; if the United States has great
How to Decipher Propaganda
Discourse studies is an interdisciplinary method used to unpack how we use language to organize and express ideas in the
Chantal Mouffe on Liberalism’s Compatibility With Democratic Politics
…The tradition of associational socialism can contribute to the deepening of the pluralism that is constitutive of liberal democracy. But
Billionaires, State-Capitalism, and Space Utopia
Many self-proclaimed capitalists and free marketeers see recent advances in space exploration as an opportunity to hail the kinds
Freedom of Contract, Unfreedom in the Workplace
Recently New York magazine published a long interview with Joss Whedon in which the film director and television showrunner attempted
Pretend You Are God: Alexander Zevin's History of The Economist
Liberalism at Large is an intellectual biography of The Economist with a special emphasis on how the ideology of the