A Journal of Ideas

Features

Needed: A Transparency Guardian

Our FOIA system was once the world’s gold standard. Here’s how it became sclerotic—and what we need to do to fix it.

By Margaret B. Kwoka

Trump 2.0: Learning the Hard Lessons

By The Editors

Consciousness-Raising and Its Limits

Personal reflection can help change people’s racial attitudes. But attitudes aren’t what drives racial disparities.

By Patrick Mason Larry Mishel

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

Fighting the Right's Narrative Dominance

Our strategists, donors, and leaders need to get real about the stakes for meaning-making in America.

By Heather McGhee