In Defense of Civility
The danger of Trump is that he is completely removing the norms of public discourse—the same norms that have served to hold in check those unwilling to see their society transformed by greater equality and liberty.
Spring 2025
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Donald Trump is the Candidate the Republican Party Deserves
After years of stoking xenophobia and racism, the GOP now has a frontrunner whose only brilliance lies in his ability to seize the populist anxiety Republicans themselves have cultivated.
Who Owns the GOP?
Jane Mayer’s Dark Money is a magisterial portrait of the right-wing billionaires who have “weaponized” conservative philanthropy and pulled the GOP ever further right. Yet Mayer’s account fails to explain something just as alarming: the far-right surge from the grassroots.
Donald Trump, Pirate King
Unlike his chief rival Ted Cruz, Donald Trump dismisses the high-church liturgy of American politics in favor of blunt tribalism. In Trump’s America, no one is looking out for you.
Trump’s Monstrous Call
In Donald Trump’s campaign, a new kind of unapologetic brutality is coming to the home front.
Paul Ryan Is No Moderate. Just Check the Record
The new House speaker’s career-long crusade against welfare, women’s rights, and corporate accountability belie his image as a “moderate” Republican.
