‘If You Want to Make the Gods Laugh, Tell Them Your Plans’ ‘If You Want to Make the Gods Laugh, Tell Them Your Plans’
On expectation in a time of pandemic.
Nov 18, 2020 / Kweku Toure
Trump and the GOP Intensify Their Assault on Democracy Trump and the GOP Intensify Their Assault on Democracy
This is a coordinated effort to sabotage the election results and purge the government of officials with the stature to stand up to it.
Nov 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Starting From Stockton Starting From Stockton
What this small California city can teach America about basic income.
Nov 17, 2020 / David Kirp
American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work
Without a practical plan for revising the Constitution, Democrats will be condemned to play by rigged rules.
Nov 17, 2020 / Richard Kreitner
Good Riddance to Trump: A Political Obituary I Have Waited 5 Years to Write Good Riddance to Trump: A Political Obituary I Have Waited 5 Years to Write
But, sadly, his departure from office will be the most inelegant last hurrah and final curtain in American political history.
Nov 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Progressives Are an Asset for the Democratic Party. It Should Treat Them That Way. Progressives Are an Asset for the Democratic Party. It Should Treat Them That Way.
Democratic progressives are not an isolated fringe—and their ideas are popular. The party should not run away from them.
Nov 10, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Matter Who Wins, It’s Time to Get Rid of the Electoral College No Matter Who Wins, It’s Time to Get Rid of the Electoral College
We should be moving toward a national popular vote to choose our presidents.
Nov 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Short of a General Strike, How Can Labor Stop Trump From Stealing the Election? Short of a General Strike, How Can Labor Stop Trump From Stealing the Election?
Lessons from Chile’s uprising—and from the 2000 Florida recount fight.
Oct 30, 2020 / Jane McAlevey
How to Stop a Coup How to Stop a Coup
Can nonviolent resistance prevent Trump from an illegal power grab?
Oct 30, 2020 / Liza Featherstone
What We Call Freedom Has Never Been About Being Free What We Call Freedom Has Never Been About Being Free
Annelien de Dijn’s new book looks at how the modern conception of freedom emerged as an antidemocratic reaction by elites who wanted to curtail state power.
Oct 29, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins