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

It is past time we rediscover the lost art of leisure. Doing so, however, will also mean teaching people how to find fulfillment in their free time.

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

The historic labor act faces unprecedented assaults in the Trump era. Here’s what that means for our democracy.

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 ...

The Alcove There Are Two Ways of Thinking About the “Crisis of Democracy” Debate The basic difference in perspectives at the heart of this discussion. By Nathan Pippenger from March 23, 2018, 1:29 pm ...

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 ...

The Alcove How Black Lives Matter Changed Liberal Politics Today’s civil rights activists chastise the left for ignoring race in favor of a class-based politics. Their protest is being heard—and is ...