A Journal of Ideas

Governance

The Next Progressive State

We can’t just return to the status quo ante. Paradoxically, we’ll need a federal government with both more power and less.

By K. Sabeel Rahman

Winning a People-Powered Future

By bringing the public into the policymaking process, we can shape a better economy and rebuild faith in democracy.

By Elizabeth Wilkins

Think Tanks in an Authoritarian Moment

When the “war of ideas” meets the war on knowledge, how can ideas come out on top?

By Mark Schmitt

Don't Mourn Regulatory Independence

Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were.

By Seth Frotman Jeremy Kress

Beyond Deliverism

What we need is policymaking as power-building. It is related to deliverism—but goes way beyond it.

By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez