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Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism Anymore

by Heather Cox Richardson

The Democrats are reclaiming language they ceded to the GOP decades ago—and putting a liberal spin on it.


Stolen Elections, Voting Dogs And Other Fantastic Fables From The GOP Voter Fraud Mythology

by Rick Perlstein and Livia Gershon

The GOP has cried “voter fraud” for decades — and used it as justification to target minorities at the polls.


It’s Not Technology That’s Disrupting Our Jobs

by Louis Hyman

The insecure nature of work is a result of decisions by corporations and policymakers.


How America’s Jews Learned to Be Liberal

by Steven R. Weisman

The answer lies in the 19th century, when Judaism became a distinctively American religion.


Walls Don’t Just Keep People Out

by David Frye

History shows they also change the people inside.


RIP to the Liberal Order

by Suzy Kim

American Mourning after the US-North Korea June Summit


TV and the Bomb

by Reba Wissner

Fictional American television shows featured serious topics such as nuclear weapons pretty frequently during the 1950s and 1960s.


Beijing’s Bid for Global Power in the Age of Trump

by Alfred W. McCoy

“America First” Versus China’s Strategy of the Four Continents


Can the Democrats Fix Washington?

by Michael Tomasky

The prospect of a Democratic wave in the midterm elections this fall recalls the moment, nearly 50 years ago, when a group of young, liberal lawmakers swept into Congress on a mission to overturn the status quo. What can today's Democrats learn from the historic class of 1974?


Charlottesville belies racism’s deep roots in the North

by Brian J Purnell and Jeanne Theoharis

A southern city has now become synonymous with the ongoing scourge of racism in the United States. Such a one-sided view misses how entrenched, widespread and multi-various racism is and has been across the country.