What lessons have liberals learned from recent interventions? The answer isn't clear—but it will matter when the next crisis hits.
By Nathan Pippenger April 20, 2016, 2:56 pm – 4 MIN READ
Progressive support for democracy promotion and military intervention ignores our dismal history. A response to Rosa Brooks and Tom Perriello.
By David Rieff Spring 2012, No. 24 – 11 MIN READ
The use of force always entails grave dangers and human costs, and progressives have been leery particularly since the Vietnam era of supporting it, even to prevent or end mass atrocities, repression, and other systematic human suffering. Wise leaders will...
By Tom Perriello Winter 2012, No. 23 – 12 MIN READ
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 June 17, 2025, 11:05 am – 24 MIN READ
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 June 30, 2025, 3:30 pm – 26 MIN READ
Blue states have the power to change liberalism and block conservatism. They just have to use it.
By Arkadi Gerney Sarah Knight June 23, 2025, 3:07 pm – 32 MIN READ
Even some liberals toasted William F. Buckley Jr. as a patrician gentleman. A long-awaited new biography corrects that record.
By Nicole Hemmer June 17, 2025, 4:20 pm – 13 MIN READ
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