Features
Defend Multilateralism—It’s What People Want
By John Halpin Brian Katulis6 MIN READ
Smart Power for a Rising Generation
Young progressives distrust U.S. power. It’s up to us to show them how that power can be put toward good ends.
By Suzanne Nossel
Young progressives distrust U.S. power. It’s up to us to show them how that power can be put toward good ends.
28 MIN READ
Dixie Is (Still) Done
The author revisits his 2006 argument that the Democrats should forget the South—and finds that the non-Southern strategy still holds.
By Tom Schaller
The author revisits his 2006 argument that the Democrats should forget the South—and finds that the non-Southern strategy still holds.
21 MIN READ
Saving the Supreme Court
What’s needed is to make the Court more democratically accountable and to end strategic retirements. Here’s how.
By Frederick A.O. ("Fritz") Schwarz Jr.
What’s needed is to make the Court more democratically accountable and to end strategic retirements. Here’s how.
21 MIN READ
Right-Sizing Foreign Policy
No adventurism, unilateralism, or isolationism. Just sensible principles for a United States that leads but doesn’t dominate.
By Bruce W. Jentleson
No adventurism, unilateralism, or isolationism. Just sensible principles for a United States that leads but doesn’t dominate.
23 MIN READ
Left for Dead
The coalitions that sustained the traditional left parties in the West have collapsed. New ones can be built—but it won’t be easy.
By Yascha Mounk
The coalitions that sustained the traditional left parties in the West have collapsed. New ones can be built—but it won’t be easy.
28 MIN READ
Can the Constitution Survive Trump?
Barney Frank, Caroline Fredrickson, Elizabeth Holtzman, Arturo Valenzuela, and Benjamin Wittes discuss whether the document that has survived so much can outlast this presidency.
By The Editors54 MIN READ
Book Reviews
The Eternal Power Elite
Today’s right no longer just wants to win power. It wants to change the rules and keep it.
By Alan Wolfe
Today’s right no longer just wants to win power. It wants to change the rules and keep it.
13 MIN READ
Who We Are
Jill Lepore has Schlesinger-like aspirations, albeit updated for the twenty-first century.
By Meg Jacobs
Jill Lepore has Schlesinger-like aspirations, albeit updated for the twenty-first century.
14 MIN READ
Feet of Clay
George Packer’s Richard Holbrooke is both daring and brilliant— and self-aggrandizing and cynical.
By Hussein Ibish
George Packer’s Richard Holbrooke is both daring and brilliant— and self-aggrandizing and cynical.
14 MIN READ
The Paradoxes of Democracy
Why seemingly unassailable values are all fraught with tensions—and why those seeking change need to wrestle with them.
By Zephyr Teachout
Why seemingly unassailable values are all fraught with tensions—and why those seeking change need to wrestle with them.
13 MIN READ
Responses
Bridging the Divide
After years of prioritizing college readiness, governments are finally doing more to recognize the value of Career and Technical Education. A response to Clara Bates.
By Taylor White
After years of prioritizing college readiness, governments are finally doing more to recognize the value of Career and Technical Education. A response to Clara Bates.
11 MIN READ
Recounting
Sick of Being Sick in America
Why it’s better up North.
By Sophia Crabbe-Field
Why it’s better up North.