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Neon Liberalism
Join Liberal Currents Executive Editor Samantha Hancox-Li as she brings on guests to discuss everything a liberal needs to know to navigate our turbulent times, from economics to gender, from philosophy to politics.
84 articles
Sovereign Citizens with Badges? (Neon Liberalism #84, with Jessica Pishko)
So-called "constitutional sheriffs" are spreading across the country.
Gender and Gender Anxiety (Neon Liberalism #83, with Katherine Cross)
So much of our politics today is driven by gender.
Is the Lock Box Empty? (Neon Liberalism #82, with Stephen Nuñez)
The American government is an insurance company with an army—so how do our insurance company's finances look?
The Power of Christian Nationalism (Neon Liberalism #81, with Allyson Shortle)
Samantha and guest Allyson Shortle, professor at the University of Oklahoma, talk about the current state and long history of
What Was Neoliberalism? (Neon Liberalism #80, with Nick Hanauer)
"Neoliberalism" has become an epithet applied to almost everything. And yet it represented a real political movement, one
The Supreme Court Is Broken (Neon Liberalism #79, with Madiba Dennie)
The Supreme Court has never occupied a more central place in American governance. Republican dominance on that court has enabled
Governance After Neoliberalism (Neon Liberalism #78, with Rey Fuentes)
Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Rey Fuentes, Director at the Roosevelt Institute, discuss the Democratic "ideas primary." Roosevelt&
Would a Land Value Tax Fix That? (Neon Liberalism #77, with Christopher England)
Samantha and guest Christopher England, author of Land and Liberty, talk the legacy of Henry George and his most famous
The Democratization of Air Power (Neon Liberalism #76, with Secretary of Defense Rock)
Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Secretary of Defense Rock talk the state of modern war: the proliferation of drones, the
After America, Nothing (Neon Liberalism #75, with Nicholas Grossman)
Join Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Nicholas Grossman, professor of political science at the University of Illinois, as they discuss
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here (Neon Liberalism #74, with Robert Tracinski)
Join Samantha and Robert Tracinski, currently running for Congress in Virginia's fifth district, as they talk about the
Against Slopulism, For Taxes? (Neon Liberalism #73, with Elizabeth Wilkins)
Samantha is joined by Elizabeth Wilkins, president of the Roosevelt Institute, to discuss the economic debate that's roiling