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Yes, It Was That Bad

The media and the Russians helped elect Donald Trump. The pressing question now is, can we avoid a repeat performance?

By Patricia Aufderheide

Spring 2019, No. 52 – 12 MIN READ

Zuck, Murdoch, and Crisis of Epistemic Breakdown

Worried about American institutions? Don't expect a chastened, post-2016 Facebook to come to the rescue.

By Nathan Pippenger

February 21, 2018, 3:47 pm – 4 MIN READ

When Immigrants Were Welcomed

Congress has failed immigrants again. But in the 1920s, this plan quieted xenophobes and nurtured new Americans.

February 16, 2018, 3:05 pm – 9 MIN READ

Against a Fox News for the Left

The conservative media does not provide a model for progressives to emulate.

By Nathan Pippenger

March 2, 2017, 4:09 pm – 6 MIN READ

Learn This About Trump, And Soon

The press must realize that there is only one way to respond to Trump's bullying.

By Nathan Pippenger

January 19, 2017, 2:58 pm – 4 MIN READ

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Can the Constitution Survive Trump?

Barney Frank, Caroline Fredrickson, Elizabeth Holtzman, Arturo Valenzuela, and Benjamin Wittes discuss whether the document that has survived so much can outlast this presidency.

By The Editors
Fall 2019, No. 54 – 54 MIN READ

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Smart Power for a Rising Generation

Young progressives distrust U.S. power. It’s up to us to show them how that power can be put toward good ends.

By Suzanne Nossel
Fall 2019, No. 54 – 28 MIN READ

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Left for Dead

The coalitions that sustained the traditional left parties in the West have collapsed. New ones can be built—but it won’t be easy.

By Yascha Mounk
Fall 2019, No. 54 – 28 MIN READ

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Dixie Is (Still) Done

The author revisits his 2006 argument that the Democrats should forget the South—and finds that the non-Southern strategy still holds.

By Tom Schaller
Fall 2019, No. 54 – 21 MIN READ

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Who We Are

Jill Lepore has Schlesinger-like aspirations, albeit updated for the twenty-first century.

By Meg Jacobs
Fall 2019, No. 54 – 14 MIN READ