Editor's Notes: A Free Society Is an Urban Society
Cities are a key pillar in creating a society of free individuals.
Concede Nothing
Trans people are who we say we are, and we will fight and organize on those grounds.
The Illusion of Consent: A Rape at Cornell and the MAGA Right
For the new right, when a man is accused of rape, he is first and foremost a victim of feminism.
You Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad History
Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP.
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Editor's Notes: A Free Society Is an Urban Society
Cities are a key pillar in creating a society of free individuals.
Trump’s Domestic Policy Is Domestic Abuse
Mass deportation, corruption, media consolidation, and voter suppression.
The Next Great Test of American Democracy Approaches
Polls, election interference, Flávio Bolsonaro, impeachment, and 86’ing L.A.
Editor's Notes: The Point of Government Equity Stakes Is Personalism
It is not industrial policy. It's the rule of men rather than of laws.
Headwaters: September 28–October 4, 2026
Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead.
Don't Let John Roberts Fool You (Neon Liberalism #93, with Mike Sacks)
How we need to think about court reform in the future.
Editor's Notes: "The Indian Question" Shows That No One Is Safe From White Nationalism
That is the entire point.
Podcasts
Don't Let John Roberts Fool You (Neon Liberalism #93, with Mike Sacks)
How we need to think about court reform in the future.
Everything's 'National Security' in Trump's Washington (Half the Answer #106, with Stephanie Mencimer)
Donald Trump is changing the landscape of D.C., from East Potomac Park to the Kennedy Center to the 'Arc de Trump.'
Liberal Currents Live: The Cheap Precision Strike and the New Way of Raiding
Are drones fundamentally altering the nature of war for the worse, not for the better?
The War with Iran Has No End (Neon Liberalism #92)
Structural factors are driving us towards a more chaotic and lawless world.