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
MAGA might seem like an anti-intellectual movement, but conservatism’s past and present thinkers are deeply complicit in it.
By Katherine Stewart April 6, 2026, 2:21 pm – 9 MIN READ
As with everything else, Donald Trump is pushing the pardon process to the breaking point. Can it be salvaged?
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Experiments across the world have tried to remove politicians themselves from decision-making. And they’ve worked—well, kind of.
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How should the left answer so-called “America First” foreign policy? A roundtable discussion.
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