Amid the recent flurry of radical executive orders, one in particular has flown under the radar: President Trump has seized ...

As the Democratic primary heats up, what is particularly notable is how little the progressive debate is centered around Donald Trump, and how much it is revolving, instead, around big ideas and moral ...

The interim National Security Strategic Guidance (NSSG) issued by the Biden Administration in early March 2021 articulated a central role for democracy and democratic values in guiding and shaping ...

As America moves from Independence Day to Election Day, we are on the verge of a new Cold War with Communist China. That conflict is taking place in the shadow of a raging global pandemic and a steep ...

Local volunteers work their hearts out for democracy, only to be undercut by well-paid consultants flatly ignorant of how things work on the ground. Yes, I am talking about the Iowa caucuses. But I am ...

On their face, ongoing congressional efforts at reforming the tax code have one goal in mind—blow a $1.4 trillion hole in the deficit to finance giveaways to millionaires, billionaires, and ...

It seems superfluous to give my endorsement to Adam Serwer’s lengthy meditation on Trumpism (since it recommends itself), but I’ll say that Serwer’s overview will stand as a major document in the ...

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As in all recent years, with Columbus Day upon us, the “Columbus Discussion” is now in full swing. And, each year, I like to remind people that some of the first to protest the celebration of this ...

In 1934, Henry Simons, one of the founders of the Chicago School of Economics, published A Positive Program of Laissez-Faire—a pamphlet that aimed to carve out a role for the free market amidst the ...

The radical right is now wreaking havoc with our democracy and endangering every hard-won gain of the last century, stoking fear and diverting the energies of progressives and many of their allies to ...