Learning From the International Struggle
Over the last twenty years, illiberal forces have coordinated ideas, personnel, and finances across international borders. Liberals can learn from this.
The Democratization of Air Power (Neon Liberalism #76, with Secretary of Defense Rock)
Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Secretary of Defense Rock talk the state of modern war: the proliferation of drones, the endurance of the human factor, Ukraine's successful strategic bombing campaign vs. Trump's unsuccessful one. What does the democratization of air power mean for the politics of future
Editor's Notes: What the Trans Sports Debate Is Really About
It feels a certain kind of way to be told that my participation in sports is conditional on me always losing.
Editor's Notes: Women Can Win and Democrats Should Continue to Nominate Them
The results of the 2016 and 2024 elections were extremely contingent events that could have gone the other way.
AOC for President
Whether or not she runs, Ocasio-Cortez is invoking a feminist politics that Democrats should adopt if they are serious about defeating fascism.
Hell Is Empty, and All the Ken Paxtons Are Here
Paxton is bigoted, felonious, and an exemplar of the new American politics.
Eat Like a Politician? (Half the Answer #85, with Bennett Rea of Cookin' with Congress)
What was Andrew Jackson's favorite gelatin-based meal? Why did Hillary Clinton feel a deep and urgent need to tell everyone about her fantastic chocolate chip cookie recipe? Did Ronald Reagan really eat that many jelly beans? We answer these questions and more with Bennett Rea, creator and host
Editor's Notes: Reconstruction or Project 2029?
Today, our friends at The Bulwark published a preview of the Center for American Progress's Project 2029. You may remember this as the one that had Larry Summers running its economic policy component before his emails with Jeffrey Epstein were publicized. When it comes to our own project,
Credibility and Consequences
Altering perceptions of likely futures can hurt the forces of reaction.
Israel Is a State Like Any Other, and Commits Atrocities Like Any Other Would
Israel acts like any other apartheid state, but receives a level of deference from the American government and press and public quite unlike any other.
After America, Nothing (Neon Liberalism #75, with Nicholas Grossman)
Join Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Nicholas Grossman, professor of political science at the University of Illinois, as they discuss the damage Trump is doing to the Pax Americana, the prospects for a "Chinese Century," and why the likeliest future is simply multipolar anarchy. Staggering Towards AnarchyWhat will replace
The Empty Architect
Rebuilding state capacity is not just about saving money or improving efficiency. It is about reclaiming our collective sovereignty.