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Summer 2025, No. 77
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Features
The Democrats and Immigration
Where does the party go now on its most contentious issue? A debate.
By
Frank Sharry
Marielena Hincapié
37 MIN READ
The NLRA Under Attack
The historic labor act faces unprecedented assaults in the Trump era. Here’s what that means for our democracy.
By
Sharon Block
Seema Nanda
Raj Nayak
26 MIN READ
Blue States Should Build—And Fight Back
Blue states have the power to change liberalism and block conservatism. They just have to use it.
By
Arkadi Gerney
Sarah Knight
32 MIN READ
Liberalism Without Illusions
We must free ourselves from the delusion that history is progressive and accept that the dark side of our nature is here to stay.
By
William A. Galston
24 MIN READ
Book Reviews
What the Post-Dobbs Right Wants
The anti-choice movement isn’t just declaring victory. Fetal personhood is its next policy frontier.
By
Becca Andrews
12 MIN READ
Capitalism’s Next Act
In moments of crisis, it’s easy to think that capitalism is finished. But never forget the system’s formidable ability to mutate.
By
J. Bradford DeLong
12 MIN READ
The Heroes of the Deep State
As millions are now learning, those “lazy” government employees are pretty darn terrific after all.
By
Timothy Noah
11 MIN READ
American Hysteria
Red Scare
can be read as solid history of the years it depicts—and chilling prophecy of the years to come.
By
Maurice Isserman
14 MIN READ
The Real Bill Buckley
Even some liberals toasted William F. Buckley Jr. as a patrician gentleman. A long-awaited new biography corrects that record.
By
Nicole Hemmer
13 MIN READ
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