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May 2, 2023
Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument
While in many ways their careers ran parallel to each other, the two philosophers disagreed about whether liberalism could—and should—be saved.
George Scialabba
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December 16, 2022
One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley
The Missouri Republican’s attack on Biden and corporate Democrats for stopping railway workers from striking was on-target. But if he really wants to get on the workers’ side of history, he’ll have to do more than just talk.
Ben Burgis
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December 1, 2022
American Authoritarianism Isn’t Going Away
Neither the failure of the January 6 insurrection nor the disappointments suffered in the midterm elections have deterred the ambitions of the GOP’s fanatics.
Clarence Lusane
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October 24, 2022
Redefining Freedom With Robin Kelley
A conversation with the historian about the 20th-anniversary of his seminal book Freedom Dreams, how the meaning of freedom has changed in the intervening years, the reparations debate, and more.
Omari Weekes
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October 20, 2022
The Death Eaters: Covid in the Liberal Imagination
A call to rescue public health from the dead hand of neutrality.
Gregg Gonsalves
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August 5, 2022
The January 6 Hearings Are Not Going to Save Us
Liberals don’t seem to have learned much from the failures of James Comey and Robert Mueller to take down Trump.
Daniel Bessner and Ben Burgis
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July 11, 2022
The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor
Though the language of cliché has switched from the middle-class respectability of the 1950s to our current obsessions with “inclusion” and concern for the marginalized, the practice of washing our clean linen in public endures in our culture.
David Bromwich
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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