Rate Players

The utility companies’ ploys to avoid regulation and thwart public power turn out to be as old as the industry itself.

By Marissa P. Gillett

Fall 2026, No. 82 – 15 MIN READ

Is the Age of Equality Over?

Some people sure seem to think it should be. Actually, some people have thought this for a very long time.

By Michael Kazin

Fall 2026, No. 82 – 11 MIN READ

Terrorism 101

What the West learned—and failed to learn—from the days when terrorism meant hijacking airplanes.

By Jordan Michael Smith

Summer 2026, No. 81 – 12 MIN READ

Hope in the Heartland

Yes, it was Reagan’s America in the 1980s. But progressives made surprising strides then that are worth remembering—and reviving.

By Harvey Kaye

Summer 2026, No. 81 – 11 MIN READ