Donald Trump Put America in a Cage Match With Itself. We Lost.
This was never for the American people; it was for the most vicious and barbarous among us.
Rose, Knife, Policy
The doublespeak language of American victimization and violence has never been more clear than in Trump's second term.
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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&
The Violence on the Streets of the UK Is About Political Rhetoric, Not Migration
These riots are about race politics, not concerns rooted in reality.
Epstein's Gifted Scientists
Somehow it’s never the billionaires who are told that they have bad genes and shouldn’t breed.
Yes, We Can—Just Tax The Rich
America faces real fiscal problems, but we need embrace neither tax-cut slopulism nor "pain is necessary" middle-class tax increases. The rich can start paying their fair share.
Editor's Notes: Entering the Circular Firing Squad
Today, we published the second Alan Elrod article in a week on the toxic politics surrounding the Democratic candidate for
Graham Platner and the Class Politics of Impunity
Solidarity with working class women never seems to enter into it.
Bari Weiss Is Supposed to Do the News Now (Half the Answer #87, with Radley Balko)
Why has Bari Weiss, a liberal-presenting Trump sycophant, been handed the reins to CBS News, one of our most
Gender Graham Crackup
For the antifeminist leftist, the HR Lady symbolizes the empty triumph of managerial liberalism and girlboss feminism, to be vanquished by a pair of sapient Carhartts.
Podcast
Pragmatism Not Philosophy (Out of the Jaws #4, with the Soy Pill)
The Soy Pill (Niels Griedel) joins Ryan and Adam to discuss his political awakening, navigating the new media, whether Adam
Socialism and Liberalism Reconciled? (Out of the Jaws #3, with Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis)
Is abolishing ICE the most important path to fixing the civil service? Can socialism and liberalism be reconciled? Are neither
Has Liberalism Forgotten Civic Virtue? (Out of the Jaws #2, with J. J. McCullough)
Has liberalism forgotten civic virtue? Liberal commentator Ryan Geddie and Liberal Currents publisher Adam Gurri talk with Canadian political commentator,
The Two American Reconstructions: An Appraisal, Reflection (Half the Answer #86, with Thomas Zimmer)
What was the first American Reconstruction after the Civil War? Why are some historians suggesting we just left a second