A Journal of Ideas

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Exploits Our Great Paradox

As the founders knew, the only way to bring about the rupture of democracy is through the very exercise of democracy.

By Fernand Amandi

Donald Trump Re-Meets the World

Russia. Israel. China. What will Trump—and his pal Elon Musk—do, and how should progressives respond?

By Nancy Okail

Are Those Young Men Gone Forever?

Surviving the next four years is going to be an exercise in making common cause among people who disagree on many things.

By Ilyse Hogue

It’s Time for Institutional Insurgency

Playing defense on behalf of a broken status quo can’t be our strategy.

By Patrick Gaspard

Regaining America’s Trust on Immigration

What the left needs to do is convince the American public that there is a way to fix the problems without resorting to cruelty.

By Debu Gandhi