Government highway agencies have enabled the blatant falsification of traffic model results. As a result, the United States wastes billions on road expansions that fail to cure congestion and make it harder to get around without a car.
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Israel’s Security Theater
Destructive displays of technological prowess in Lebanon serve to distract the Israeli public from the military’s failure to achieve its long-stated war aims.
In the Shadow of King Coal
While the coal industry is in terminal decline, it still shapes the culture of central Appalachia.
The Dilemmas of Democratic Socialism
To transform the world to more closely align with our principles, we must think and act politically.
Know Your Enemy: Boys and Girls in America
Matt and Sam talk to screenwriter Dorothy Fortenberry about families, gender, and the 2024 election.
[EVENT | October 26] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism
A discussion between Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze, moderated by Kate Aronoff.
Industrial Policy Without Nationalism
Can we expand the state’s role in the economy while diminishing its capacity for war?
Squad Goals
The Squad was elected on a hope for political revolution—but it was missing a standing army.
Sins of Omission
Arthur Miller’s landmark play The Crucible illuminates the difference between informing and truth-telling.
The Literature of Uyghur Disappearance
Three recent books offer a searing portrait of the calculated brutality of the ongoing Uyghur genocide.
The Omnivorous James C. Scott
Like so many romantics, Scott mixed radical and conservative themes. No wonder he found appreciative readers across the political spectrum.
Know Your Enemy: Political Fictions
Matt and Sam talk to Vinson Cunningham about his debut novel Great Expectations, political theater, and Barack Obama.
The Unity Convention
The DNC showed a party that has successfully metabolized movement energy and insurgent campaigns while distancing itself from demands deemed harmful to its electoral prospects.
Know Your Enemy: What Happened to America’s Political Parties?
Matt and Sam interview Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld about their new book, The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics.
“The Uncommitted Movement Is the Floor of What’s Possible”
An interview with Waleed Shahid.
Know Your Enemy: What’s Wrong With J.D. Vance?
Matt and Sam revisit J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy to try to understand the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
