“The Worst of the Worst”
Guantánamo represents a place beyond the reach of morality and the law, where America’s most dangerous enemies can be thrown, never to be seen again.
Winter 2025
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Pride and Prejudice
For Arlie Russell Hochschild, understanding why rural voters favor Trump requires coming to grips with the role of emotion in politics.
A Fragile Ceasefire in Gaza
The chances for durable peace may depend on Trump’s whims.
Know Your Enemy: The Entrepreneurial Ethic
Matt and Sam talk to historian Erik Baker about his new book, Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America.
The Public We Need
It is hard to call people into a political project that is deeply incompatible with their sense of what it means to act morally in the world.
Know Your Enemy: Women vs. the System
Matt and Sam welcome Dorothy Fortenberry back to the podcast to discuss gender, the 2024 election, and whether or not women can run against “the System.”
Know Your Enemy: Trump 2.0 and the Courts
Matt and Sam talk to the hosts of the 5-4 podcast about how Trump can remake the federal judiciary—and perhaps the broader justice system—during his second term.
A Man’s Economy
The parts of the Biden agenda most targeted at addressing women’s economic vulnerabilities were never passed.
Know Your Enemy: Organizing in Rural America
Matt and Sam talk to Luke Mayville of Reclaim Idaho about progressive organizing in rural and red America.
A Fractured Coalition
A roundtable on the 2024 election.
Know Your Enemy: Trump the Dove? Or Trump the Neocon?
Matt and Sam are joined by Curt Mills of the American Conservative to assess Trump’s national security team.
Europe Can’t “Trump-Proof” Itself
Following the U.S. election, European foreign policy experts are reviving ideas about strategic autonomy from 2016. They fail to understand how much has changed in the last eight years.
Exit Right
Trump has remade Americans, and to defeat Trumpism requires nothing less than the left doing the same.
Toward a Revival of Left Populism
Progressives need to fight and organize for a politics that focuses on class inequality in a consistent and persuasive way.
Know Your Enemy: Trump’s Triumph
Matt and Sam talk to reporter Ian Ward about Trump’s victory and the fight for influence in his second term.
