Editor's Notes: They Hate Us For Our Freedoms
The existence and idea of freedom and cosmopolitan diversity is an existential threat to authoritarians big and small.
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Our team interviews experts, journalists, politicians, and more, in order to shed light on the current crisis, history, and the liberal project.
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Building Community in the Era of Personalities (Out of the Jaws #6, with Sam Drzymala)
The old institutions are being eroded and colonized by new media personalities. Is this apocalyptic or is it the path
Cattle Cars in the Sky (Half the Answer #92, with Gillian Brockell)
ICE flights are still happening and they are still horrifying. Gillian Brockell brings us updates on some of the major
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
Nothing Ever Happens (The Editors' Chat #15)
The Editors' Chat is a monthly, freewheeling discussion among the editors of Liberal Currents. Today's episode talks
America's 250th Birthday Party and the Green Reflecting Pool (Half the Answer #91, with Amanda Moore)
Why won't Gregory Bovino stay gone? Why can't Trump keep his pool clean? And how many
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
Jared Kushner and Albania's Flamingo Revolution (Half the Answer #90, with Hunter CG)
Why is Albania having anti-Jared Kushner protests? What did he do to them? And what on Earth is going
The Legalization of Sports Gambling in America (Half the Answer #89, with Danny Funt)
How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody
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
The Reconstruction Papers, a Bold New Vision For the Post-Trump World (Out of the Jaws #5, with Samantha Hancox-Li)
Liberal Currents executive editor and Neon Liberalism host Samantha Hancox-Li joins Ryan and Adam to discuss The Reconstruction Papers.
SCOTUS, Callais, and What's Next for Voting Rights and Other Civil Rights (Half the Answer #88, with Madiba Dennie)
What does the Callais decision mean for voting rights and other anti-discrimination protections in the United States? How is
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&