A Journal of Ideas

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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