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Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Won’t Make America Safe Again
In fact, they will increase crime rates in the country
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Alex Nowrasteh
12
Republicans' Bogus Claims that Democrats Acted Illicitly in Replacing Biden
Shikha Dalmia on MAGA voters’ disregard for governing fitness and Berny Belvedere on how replacing Biden is perfectly legitimate
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Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
30
France’s Far-Right National Rally Has Lost the Battle, Not the War
Its leader Marine Le Pen has moved French politics in a rabidly nativist direction, positioning herself for victory next time
 • 
Michele Barbero
5
JD Vance Is Ready to Remake America in MAGA's Image
Trump's VP pick combines ideological zeal with a willingness to use the state to quash political enemies who stand in his way
 • 
Andy Craig
9
Liberalism Isn't a Western Concept
Its moral core started taking shape in India long before the Enlightenment
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Zack Beauchamp
5
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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
 • Radley Balko
109
Jordan Peterson: Putin's Useless Idiot
 • Tom G. Palmer
74
Does a George Floyd Quackumentary Deserve to be Treated Like Valid Journalism?
 • Shikha Dalmia
139
Moms for Liberty: Birchers in Heels
 • Robert Tracinski
27

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Is Ireland's Citizens' Assembly the Solution to the West's Culture Wars?
This intriguing experiment in deliberative democracy liberalized abortion in a Catholic country without deepening polarization
 • 
Landry Ayres
7
Why Do Authoritarians Hold Elections?
They may hate democracy but they can't totally do without it
 • 
Landry Ayres
1
Why Are the Finns So Damn "Happy"?
What Nordic liberalism can teach other countries about fostering a worry-free people
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Landry Ayres
4
A Tale of Two Grocery Store Visits: Tucker vs Boris
The weird transformation of the former Fox anchor from libertarianism into a Russian propagandist
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Landry Ayres
6
What's So Bad About Populism?
It turns dominant majorities against vulnerable minorities
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Landry Ayres
10
The Forever Culture War: The Right’s Efforts to Create a Parallel Economy to Go After the Left
Texas’ Patriot Mobile wants conservatives to buy its inferior cell phone service to fund anti-progressive campaigns
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Landry Ayres
13
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Time for All Liberals to Unite
We need to transcend stale left-right tribal entities and forge a politics based on a commitment to liberal values
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Shikha Dalmia
23
Justice Roberts Subverted the Separation of Powers and Created a Dangerously Unaccountable President
The court's immunity ruling will make it hard to punish Trump for his past lawlessness, while inviting future abuses
 • 
Jacob T. Levy
8
The Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Right’s New Boogeywoman
Renée DiResta describes how a loose coalition of influencers mobilized on social media and targeted her for the crime of flagging lies and…
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Jonathan Rauch
18
Niall Ferguson: The Intellectual Underwriter of Trump's American Carnage Idea
Hatred of the woke is causing this hawk to wildly exaggerate America's decline and make absurd comparisons with the Soviet Union
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Matt Johnson
23
The Roberts Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Has Lost Nearly Everyone Except for the Far Right
Commentators across the ideological spectrum are puzzled to dismayed at the majority’s indifference to executive accountability
 • 
Berny Belvedere
 and 
Landry Ayres
27
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Republicans' Bogus Claims that Democrats Acted Illicitly in Replacing Biden
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Republicans' Bogus Claims that Democrats Acted Illicitly in Replacing Biden
Landry Ayres
The Roberts Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Has Lost Nearly Everyone Except for the Far Right
Aaron Ross Powell
Why Do Our Ideologies Divide Us?: A Conversation with Political Scientist Jason Blakely
Thomas Shull
Americans May Be Turning Against Representative Democracy Along With Commitment to Democratic Values
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Dog Shirt Daily
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Benjamin Wittes
Yascha Mounk
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To the Contrary
To the Contrary
Charlie Sykes
Notes from the Middleground
Notes from the Middleground
Damon Linker

Liberalism & Religion

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The Faithless Are the More Reliable Liberals
Enlightenment rationalists who rejected revealed dogma in favor of scientific inquiry paved the way for open, tolerant societies
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Robert Tracinski
39
Contrary to Western Understanding, Islam Is a Liberal Faith
No religion can be properly understood based on its most extreme proponents
 • 
Hassan Abbas
 and 
Zahra Hassan
35
An Illiberal Hinduism Is a Contradiction in Terms
Hindu fundamentalists are destroying everything that makes their faith unique and profound
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Shashi Tharoor
11
Liberalism and Catholicism: Friends Not Foes
Both traditions are rooted in a belief in universal human dignity
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James M. Patterson
10
Buddhism and Liberalism Are Mutually Reinforcing
The faith’s emphasis on accepting impermanence offers an ethical framework for a dynamic, open society
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Aaron Ross Powell
9
Liberal Individualism Has Deep Roots in Protestantism
Illiberalism cannot be reconciled with the core tenets of the faith
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Rachel Ferguson
3
Liberal Ideals Can Strengthen, Not Weaken, Judaism
And the Jewish faith’s emphasis on mitzvah is an antidote to self-absorbed individualism
 • 
Elliott Malamet
1
Rededicating Ourselves to the Principles of the Ongoing American Revolution
Some truths are as self-evident this July 4th as they were in 1776
 • 
Andy Craig
8
The Criminal Justice System Is Being Positively Kind to Donald Trump and MAGA Insurrectionists
Yet they are playing victim while showing no concern for the abuse ordinary Americans endure
 • 
Radley Balko
3
Is Ireland's Citizens' Assembly the Solution to the West's Culture Wars?
This intriguing experiment in deliberative democracy liberalized abortion in a Catholic country without deepening polarization
 • 
Landry Ayres
7
Elon Musk’s Statist Road to Free Speech
This self-proclaimed free speech absolutist is aggressively deploying government power to kill the 'woke mind virus'
 • 
Andy Craig
37
Will the First Female President of Mexico Finish Off its Democracy?
Claudia Sheinbaum combines brilliance with a fierce loyalty to the country's outgoing populist president, making her tenure unpredictable
 • 
Quico Toro
3
39:19
Is Trump a Fascist or Something Else Entirely?: A Conversation with Nicholas Grossman
He will defeat American liberal democracy through utter contempt for its institutions, not a revolution
 • 
Berny Belvedere
20
The Biden Administration Is Facilitating a Rogue President’s Ability to Spy on Opponents
It has killed popular bipartisan reforms that would have curbed executive abuse of surveillance powers
 • 
Elizabeth Goitein
12
Responsible Conservatism Really Was a Thing for a While
David Austin Walsh’s intellectual history of the American right is excellent but overstates Trumpism's continuity with the conservatism that preceded it
 • 
Joseph Stieb
16

Podcast

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39:19
Is Trump a Fascist or Something Else Entirely?: A Conversation with Nicholas Grossman
He will defeat American liberal democracy through utter contempt for its institutions, not a revolution
 • 
Berny Belvedere
20
54:53
Democratic Institutions Don't Defend Themselves, We Do: A Conversation with Ian Bassin
The head of Protect Democracy discusses how eroding restraints on presidential authority combined with political violence will make a second Trump term…
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Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
10
30:56
Yes, Virginia, There Is Structural Racism in America: A Conversation with Richard Rothstein
Race-neutral housing policies end up entrenching racial inequalities when imposed on a fundamentally discriminatory system
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
2
37:57
The False Economic Promise of Populism: A Conversation with Rachel Kleinfeld
Populists rely on big promises and false premises to sell their methods to citizens—the outcome is rarely a happy ending
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
2
51:30
Does Populism Mean the Death of an Adversarial Media? A Conversation with Matt Yglesias
The popular blogger discusses how technological and political changes are affecting this key liberal institution's ability to hold leaders accountable
 • 
Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
13
A Healthy Social Media Might Need Bottom-Up Moderation: A Conversation with Renée DiResta
How can we build online communities that both respect freedom of speech and promote positive dialogue?
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
4
46:46
NATO: Foreign Entanglement or Effective Alliance? Berny Belvedere and Shikha Dalmia Debate
The UnPopulist editors assess whether this Cold War alliance is still helping buttress liberal democracy
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Berny Belvedere
 and 
Shikha Dalmia
4
Gaming the Scenarios for Political Violence: A Conversation with Patrick Eddington
Donald Trump could provoke local warfare in mixed red and blue communities
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
28

United States

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Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Won’t Make America Safe Again
In fact, they will increase crime rates in the country
 • 
Alex Nowrasteh
12
Republicans' Bogus Claims that Democrats Acted Illicitly in Replacing Biden
Shikha Dalmia on MAGA voters’ disregard for governing fitness and Berny Belvedere on how replacing Biden is perfectly legitimate
 • 
Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
30
JD Vance Is Ready to Remake America in MAGA's Image
Trump's VP pick combines ideological zeal with a willingness to use the state to quash political enemies who stand in his way
 • 
Andy Craig
9
Justice Roberts Subverted the Separation of Powers and Created a Dangerously Unaccountable President
The court's immunity ruling will make it hard to punish Trump for his past lawlessness, while inviting future abuses
 • 
Jacob T. Levy
8
Niall Ferguson: The Intellectual Underwriter of Trump's American Carnage Idea
Hatred of the woke is causing this hawk to wildly exaggerate America's decline and make absurd comparisons with the Soviet Union
 • 
Matt Johnson
23
The Roberts Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Has Lost Nearly Everyone Except for the Far Right
Commentators across the ideological spectrum are puzzled to dismayed at the majority’s indifference to executive accountability
 • 
Berny Belvedere
 and 
Landry Ayres
27
Rededicating Ourselves to the Principles of the Ongoing American Revolution
Some truths are as self-evident this July 4th as they were in 1776
 • 
Andy Craig
8
The Criminal Justice System Is Being Positively Kind to Donald Trump and MAGA Insurrectionists
Yet they are playing victim while showing no concern for the abuse ordinary Americans endure
 • 
Radley Balko
3
Elon Musk’s Statist Road to Free Speech
This self-proclaimed free speech absolutist is aggressively deploying government power to kill the 'woke mind virus'
 • 
Andy Craig
37
39:19
Is Trump a Fascist or Something Else Entirely?: A Conversation with Nicholas Grossman
He will defeat American liberal democracy through utter contempt for its institutions, not a revolution
 • 
Berny Belvedere
20
The Biden Administration Is Facilitating a Rogue President’s Ability to Spy on Opponents
It has killed popular bipartisan reforms that would have curbed executive abuse of surveillance powers
 • 
Elizabeth Goitein
12
Responsible Conservatism Really Was a Thing for a While
David Austin Walsh’s intellectual history of the American right is excellent but overstates Trumpism's continuity with the conservatism that preceded it
 • 
Joseph Stieb
16

World

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France’s Far-Right National Rally Has Lost the Battle, Not the War
Its leader Marine Le Pen has moved French politics in a rabidly nativist direction, positioning herself for victory next time
 • 
Michele Barbero
5
Liberalism Isn't a Western Concept
Its moral core started taking shape in India long before the Enlightenment
 • 
Zack Beauchamp
5
Niall Ferguson: The Intellectual Underwriter of Trump's American Carnage Idea
Hatred of the woke is causing this hawk to wildly exaggerate America's decline and make absurd comparisons with the Soviet Union
 • 
Matt Johnson
23
Is Ireland's Citizens' Assembly the Solution to the West's Culture Wars?
This intriguing experiment in deliberative democracy liberalized abortion in a Catholic country without deepening polarization
 • 
Landry Ayres
7
Will the First Female President of Mexico Finish Off its Democracy?
Claudia Sheinbaum combines brilliance with a fierce loyalty to the country's outgoing populist president, making her tenure unpredictable
 • 
Quico Toro
3
The European Parliament Elections Show that Right-Wing Populism Is Surging
It is realigning the continent’s politics in an illiberal direction
 • 
Yascha Mounk
5
How Did Germany Let the Far-Right Genie Out of the Bottle?
The Alternative for Germany is expected to make strong gains in the European parliamentary elections and can no longer be ignored
 • 
Tim Ganser
4
A MAGA Mutation Has Infected Britain‘s Tory Party
The populist Reform UK is unlikely to win seats in the upcoming election but it will pull Conservatives in an extreme right direction
 • 
Alan Elrod
1
Two of Europe's Right-Wing Leaders Experience Setbacks
Hungary's Orbán is facing a major challenger and the Netherlands' Wilders won't be prime minister
 • 
David de Bruijn
 and 
H. David Baer
A Third Modi Term Will Test the United States of India
Southern states regard the electoral reforms the Indian prime minister plans to unveil as a Trojan horse for northern supremacy
 • 
Debasish Roy Chowdhury
The Perils of Right-Wing Economic Populism: A Conversation with Economist Ryan Bourne
The new right is embracing progressive economics to advance its regressive cultural agenda
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
3
‘Total Ideologies’ Are Preventing Palestinians and Israelis From Making Peace
Demagogic discourse is causing each side to dehumanize the other and resort to violence
 • 
Khaled Al-Kassimi
14
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