Now More Than Ever, We Must Resist Trump
Trump does not have a mandate and the stakes of the next four years are too high to pretend otherwise.
Trump does not have a mandate and the stakes of the next four years are too high to pretend otherwise.
Is Donald Trump going to give Americans an education in war on the homefront? Samantha, Jason, and guest Matthew Downhour evaluate new challenges to the liberal international order and assess the incoming administration's taste for territorial aggrandizement. The Battle for OttawaPodcast Episode · Neon Liberalism · 01/19/2025 · 50mApple
State Democrats have failed to deliver what the American people want.
It is not healthy to treat Jewish people like an abstracted symbol of liberalism.
Samantha, Jason, and guest Vikas Valiveti talk the science, politics, and ethics of youth transition. Spoiler: there are a lot of people spreading lies about trans healthcare. What don't they want you to know? Why Is Youth Transition So Controversial?Podcast Episode · Neon Liberalism · 01/13/2025 · 55mApple
Social media powered the Arab Spring, the George Floyd protests, and (seemingly) much of our politics for the last decade. Since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, many liberals have hoped that Bluesky might become what Twitter once was. But is social media really always a tool of progress?
It is precisely when the largest bloc of voters has chosen poorly that we need democracy the most.
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham has dislodged the regime of Bashar al-Assad after a lightning offensive, raising new hopes for Syria's future. Having won on the battlefield, can HTS implant a successful government in Damascus? Liberal Currents contributing editor Matthew Downhour joins Samantha and Jason to talk about
In the past year alone, at least 500 anti-trans bills have been proposed or implemented throughout the US, in every state. Papers like the New York Times routinely publish articles casting doubt on the efficacy of trans healthcare, often by claiming countries like Sweden, Finland, and the UK are reconsidering
Like radiation, social media is invisible scientific effluence that leaves us both more knowledgeable and more ignorant of the causes of our own afflictions than ever
Are we living through a crisis in gender relations? Maia Mindel joins Samantha and Jason to talk about abortion bans, trans rights, MeToo, "male loneliness," declining birthrates, and most of all the decline of the patriarchal bargain and what might replace it. Do Women Need Men?Podcast Episode
A summary of a conflict that has fallen out of global focus.
If someone is racist and sexist then they will be inclined to look for reasons not to vote for Harris, and the left did and continues to do an excellent job at providing such reasons.
A liberal vision with a long tradition.
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
While columnists discuss the finer points of trans women in sports, Republicans pursue an authoritarian and punitive regime.
We must stand by the principles of the open society, pluralism, freedom, and mutual toleration.
How to fight back against the implementation of fascism in America.
Bright and Stevenson defended the abolition of capital punishment at a moment when political support for that movement reached its nadir.
A natural companion to the fight against reactionary Christian nationalism.
Why is this alliance such a robust and enduring power bloc?
Reject the plea for vibes over action.
Rent-seeking classes form a core backbone of the Republican Party.
Vallier's critique of integralism can be generalized to apply to a variety of illiberalisms.