"I'm persuaded by Robert Saldin and Steven Teles's argument that there is fertile ground for an 'abundance faction' to have an impact in Democratic politics." www.liberalcurrents.com/in-defense-o...
"No Human is Illegal" is an ideal we can appeal to, however imperfectly it is put into practice.
"Harris and Walz are the first major party ticket ever to support legalizing cannabis and the most amenable overall to reforming the harms of the drug war." www.liberalcurrents.com/to-my-fellow...
Libertarians, long used to holding their noses to pick the lesser evil or abstaining entirely, now have plenty of reasons for enthusiasm.
"Butler’s academic background adds a second twist: a tendency towards esoteric theory and chic radicalism that obscures an otherwise remarkably palatable message of liberal decency." www.liberalcurrents.com/freedom-in-t...
The parts where Butler does what they do best—academic analysis of gender and culture—are excellent, but they sit uneasily alongside an awkward and insistent self-defense.
"Lefebvre ultimately comes across as a romantic soul, arguing what liberalism should be doing and explaining why, as a doctrine, it is uniquely beneficial for mankind." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-o...
Lefebvre articulates a clear and accessible vision for a new type of society.
"Why would the Constitution create such an institution? More to the point, is it worth preserving, or should We, the People act in our time to rid ourselves of an antiquated and antidemocratic relic?" www.liberalcurrents.com/restoring-ou...
Judicial review is essential to our democracy, and that is why court reform is so important.
"People are not the political equivalent of Stephen Miller or Victor Orban because they have been convinced that they can fix the housing crisis by cutting immigration. It probably just means they’re persuadable." www.liberalcurrents.com/closed-borde...
The way forward is clear.
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"The social justice game is structured to support the status quo in practice no matter how much it rails against it in theory. ... [It is parasitical upon] genuine progressive politics. And despite all of this, it's correct to be woke." www.liberalcurrents.com/in-praise-of...
Don't blame woke ideas, which have merit, for the self-defeating style of politics that is pervasive online.
"One cannot, to be sure, demand of whole nations exceptional moral foresight and heroism; but a certain hard common-sense in facing the complicated phenomena of political life must be expected in every progressive people." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-essentia...
* What follows is the final chapter of Dr. Du Bois’s 1896 book The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638–1870. Much historical research since Du Bois’s ti...
"We must never lose hope, for others have succeeded against far worse odds, but we must not forget just how bad things can get, either." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-can-organ...
The methods of the Civil Rights Movement are still available to us today.