Rethinking liberal triumphalism—and its limitations

The end of history, 30 years on

Does an empire of consumers have any hope of saving the planet?

The Hamiltonian public option

To save the planet, be more like Ike.

If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.

Can civic republicanism help save the planet?

Unearthing The New Republic's intellectual roots

Public resources won't be adequately protected by those with private interests.

Gary Hart's quest for a more participatory democracy

Individual freedom and the public square

How to argue with a Koch brother

Undoing one of twentieth-century America’s greatest political achievements

What a Bobby Kennedy presidency could have meant for American political life

How a vital term in U.S. political life lost its significance—and could regain it today

How should we understand the history of political corruption in America?

The civic republican tradition and its lost treasure