One big problem with the multitrillion-dollar Biden investments was that most of the money was filtered through antiquated ...

Every think tank, aside from the few that maintain an allegiance to the current Administration, now faces a test: How do they ...

America’s leading institutions have a problem. Many of them made commitments to reckon with systemic racism in the wake of George Floyd’s on-camera murder, but their own diversity data revealed they ...

In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...

China’s authoritarian model presents a new and challenging set of risks to the United States and the current international system. Over the past decade, the Chinese leadership has shifted from simply ...

Book Reviews A Tale of Two Capitalisms Will capitalism survive today’s extremes of inequality? And if so, which capitalism will it be? By Arthur Goldhammer from Spring 2020, No. 56 – 13 MIN READ ...

American democracy is under direct threat today, and that threat must be vanquished. But in the longer term, we also need to think about ways to make democracy in the United States more representative ...

What can be done to curb the excessive and, sometimes, predatory policing that has emerged from the Drug War?

Arguments The American Left is a Historical Success Story Our fascination with the recent history of the right comes at a cost: too little attention to the left’s successes over the past 20 years. By ...

Arguments Cleansing Ourselves of Trumpism We can’t wish away the resentments he’s stoked. But we can counter them. By Jim Sleeper from December 22, 2020, 4:41 pm – 13 MIN READ Tagged Civics Democracy ...

In March, President Trump declared himself a “wartime President” leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. He was right about the human toll—in two months the pandemic has killed more Americans ...

Symposium | Democracy and Technology: Allies or Enemies? Tech’s Risks on Non-English Platforms By Samuel Woolley from Spring 2023, No. 68 – 12 MIN READ Tagged Internet Social Media ...