A Journal of Ideas

politics

Pitching the Big Tent

The secret, often missing ingredient to building a majoritarian progressive coalition.

By Nicole Hemmer

The Lure of Antipolitics

The danger for our democracy lies in substituting unaccountable powers for democratically authorized ones.

By Nathan Pippenger

Console-ation Prize

By Christopher Byrd

The New New Social Conservatives

The rising breed of religious rightists don’t have much use for two things. One is neoliberal economics. The other is democracy.  

By Julie Kohler

Welcome to the Winning Middle-Out Era

The lesson from the midterm elections is to keep doing popular things that help working people.

By Nick Hanauer