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December 30, 2021
Bette Midler’s Contempt Fuels Right-Wing Populism
With Trump and his enablers ready to weaponize every condescending word, liberals need to stop giving them ammunition.
Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento
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December 24, 2021
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November 27, 2021
John Rawls and Liberalism’s Selective Conscience
With its doctrine of fairness, A Theory of Justice transformed political philosophy. But what did it leave out?
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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November 16, 2021
Letters From the November 29/December 6, 2021, Issue
Get Carter… A stream called Drowning Creek…
Kai Bird and Our Readers
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November 15, 2021
George Packer’s Liberal Faith
In his new book, Packer returns to his theme of liberalism in crisis and in need of renewal.
Nikhil Pal Singh
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June 1, 2021
The Return of the Sensible Liberal
If someone wants you six feet under, meeting in the middle still puts you three feet deep.
Tom Tomorrow
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May 5, 2021
Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’
Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.
Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry
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February 24, 2021
Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic
A dog story, in which humans paw their way from isolation to something like community.
Angela Ards
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January 28, 2021
Charles Mills Thinks Liberalism Still Has a Chance
A wide-ranging conversation with the philosopher on the white supremacist roots of liberal thought, Biden’s victory, and Trumpism without Trump.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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January 11, 2021
Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics
In her new book, Applebaum attempts to understand why some of her intellectual bedfellows moved to the far right.
David Klion