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The American Right’s New Authoritarian Squeeze
Its lust for overseas strongmen shows that it has no love for its own country’s political ideals
Daniel M. Rothschild
13 hr ago
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The Odyssey of a Transgender Economist
What's not good for society is a moral panic driven by transphobia
Mar 18
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Fighting Fascism Requires Understanding What It Isn’t: An Interview With Author Shane Burly
Fascism can exist outside the state but requires widespread working-class support
Aaron Ross Powell
Mar 16
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DeSantis Grooms a Cheap Import From Hungary: Orbánism
Debating whether he or Trump would be more dangerous as president is beside the point
Robert Tracinski
Mar 14
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Toleration Is Not Enough to Sustain a Liberal Order
Buddhist philosophy's emphasis on feeling "sympathetic joy" for different life choices will make us love a liberal society with its resplendent…
Aaron Ross Powell
Mar 11
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A Tolerant Society Can't Mitigate Every Felt Harm: An Interview with Philosopher Andrew Jason Cohen
‘There’s an error, just an error, in thinking that the project to generate greater freedom has nothing to do with institutions’
Aaron Ross Powell
Mar 9
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A Tolerant Society Can't Mitigate Every Felt Harm: An Interview with Philosopher Andrew Jason Cohen
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Politics Sometimes Needs Great Literature to Save It from Itself
Salman Rushdie's Victory City, an allegory of our current struggle for liberalism, rises to the occasion
Mar 7
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The Tyre Nichols Tragedy: Yes, a Law Could Help, Rep. Jim Jordan
Citizens, police victims and good cops would benefit from Congress’ ending ‘qualified immunity’
James Craven
Mar 4
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February 2023
Israel's Liberal Democracy Risks Becoming a Casualty of the Palestinian Conflict
The new hard right seems determined to crush institutions and organizations that interfere with its designs for Jewish supremacy
Mairav Zonszein
Feb 28
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The Past and Present of ‘Law and Order’ in Black Communities: An Interview With Pulitzer Prize-Winner Stephen Henderson
‘Authority and order aren’t the same thing, but we’ve come to conflate those two things when it comes to policing’
Aaron Ross Powell
Feb 23
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The Past and Present of ‘Law and Order’ in Black Communities: An Interview With Pulitzer Prize-Winner Stephen Henderson
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Republican Brinkmanship Over Debt Ceiling Risks US Economy, Ignores Core Problems
Reform should be addressed through the budget process, not the payment process
Stan Veuger
Feb 21
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Designing a ‘Democracy for Busy People’: An Interview With Political Scientist Kevin Elliott
‘[Politics] is not just about the people who have drawn the long daggers and are at each other’s throats’
Aaron Ross Powell
Feb 16
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Designing a ‘Democracy for Busy People’: An Interview With Political Scientist Kevin Elliott
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