Editor's Notes: Your Local Fascists
We know what to do with Trump and his stooges. The harder question is what to do with the ordinary Americans we will have to live alongside afterwards.
Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation
Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.
The War with Iran Has No End (Neon Liberalism #92)
Structural factors are driving us towards a more chaotic and lawless world.
Don't Abandon Ukraine (Out of the Jaws #12, with Dylan Burns)
Tactical and technological innovations on the battlefield, and the brutal realities of war.
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Editor's Notes: Your Local Fascists
We know what to do with Trump and his stooges. The harder question is what to do with the ordinary Americans we will have to live alongside afterwards.
Americans Are Angry. The Democratic Base Is Furious.
We must channel our anger at current injustices into productive direct action.
Headwaters: September 21–27, 2026
Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead.
Seeing Like a Gardener: A New Framework for the Public Funding of Science
Chapter 11 (pp. 84–91) from The Reconstruction Papers.
Holly Berkley Fletcher and Benjamin Wittes Talk to Adam Gurri About The Reconstruction Papers
We focus mainly on court reform but other topics come up as well.
“Network” at 50: Now We’re All Mad as Hell
Paddy Chayefsky’s take on television captured the Long 1970s—and anticipated the rise of social media.
Orange Man Deteriorating: What It Means for 2026 and 2028 (Half the Answer #105, with Ryan Cooper)
Word salads, IVs, and naps are great again.
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Orange Man Deteriorating: What It Means for 2026 and 2028 (Half the Answer #105, with Ryan Cooper)
Word salads, IVs, and naps are great again.
Liberal Currents Live: Talarico, El-Sayed, and How to Handle the GOP's Trans Hate
How should Democratic candidates for office react to open bigotry from their opponents?
Let's Impeach Pete Hegseth (Neon Liberalism #91, with Keira Havens)
Regaining a sense of ourselves as constitutional actors.
European Election Results, Racist Militias, and Jared Kushner (Half the Answer #104, with Hunter CG)
News of the Old World and the ongoing adventures of our "special envoy for peace."