Congress’s Hong Kong Bill Is Giving Cover to Nationalism Congress’s Hong Kong Bill Is Giving Cover to Nationalism
Passed in support of the ongoing protests, its China-versus-the-West framing hurts progressive causes on all sides of the divide.
Nov 27, 2019 / Tobita Chow and Jake Werner
Fixing the US Economy Isn’t Just About Money Fixing the US Economy Isn’t Just About Money
To make meaningful changes to our unequal economy, organizers, politicians, and candidates must target who has power.
Nov 20, 2019 / Joelle Gamble
Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel
Against a “postmodernism” that she claims suffuses left-wing and right-wing politics, the prolific historian and New Yorker staff writer makes her case for a liberal patriotism and...
Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice? What Is Living and What Is Dead in John Rawls’s Theory of Justice?
With liberalism in crisis, contemporary political philosophy has taken on a funereal mood. But is there something still worth saving in the “high liberalism” of the 20th century?
Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Seyla Benhabib
Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
We talked to the lawyer, theorist, and critic about his new book This Land Is Our Land, his concept of a moral political economy, and the legacies of Bush and Obama.
Oct 16, 2019 / Q&A / Aaron Bady
Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane
They’ve dominated the discourse and upended our traditional politics.
Oct 15, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Left Needs to Seize Impeachment From Centrist Elites The Left Needs to Seize Impeachment From Centrist Elites
Impeachment should be about how an oligarch debauched democracy, not about a president clashing with the national security establishment.
Sep 27, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Will Russia Be Driven From the West? Will Russia Be Driven From the West?
American opponents of readmitting Moscow to the former G8 fail to understand the consequences.
Sep 18, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Democrats, Don’t Be Afraid to Go Big in 2020 Democrats, Don’t Be Afraid to Go Big in 2020
To win in the long run, the party must compete everywhere.
Sep 17, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s Really Going on While Trump Creates Chaos What’s Really Going on While Trump Creates Chaos
We will not be distracted.
Sep 10, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky