Archive - Persuasion

Progressive Asceticism Will Never Win Elections

The movement has spiraled into a vortex of guilt and shame.

2 hrs ago • Harry Cheadle

Ivan Krastev on Why America Has Lost Faith in Itself

Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev examine what the country’s founding ideals mean on its 250th anniversary.

Jul 4 • Yascha Mounk

1:07:13

A Pluralist Manifesto

This 4th of July, here’s how to teach America’s diverse origins.

Jul 3 • Eboo Patel

This Week At Persuasion

Francis Fukuyama on AI policy. Plus, The Good Fight Club with Matthew Yglesias and Claire Ainsley.

Jul 2 • Leonora Barclay

A New State Capitalism

Why the U.S. government’s increasing involvement in business deals is undermining our democracy.

Jul 2 • Dalibor Rohac

The Supreme Court Isn’t Trump’s Lackey

Progressives advocating radical measures like court packing need to think again.

Jul 1 • Charles Lane

June 2026

Reading Is Dead. And We Killed It.

What BookTok is doing to the industry—and our minds.

Jun 30 • Leonora Barclay

Trump’s Threat to Scientific Research

Why the administration’s plan will shift accountability from scientific standards to political review.

Jun 30 • Don Kettl

Charles Fain Lehman on Why Cities Got Safer

Yascha Mounk and Charles Fain Lehman explore how strategic policing drove the decline in violent crime—and why Baltimore was left behind.

Jun 30 • Yascha Mounk

1:19:04

America’s AI Policy Is Truly Chaotic

What we need is real regulation, fast.

Jun 29 • Francis Fukuyama

Episode 190: Antonia Senior on the Cambridge Five

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST.

Jun 28 • Richard Aldous

32:08

The Good Fight Club: Why the Center Left Is Losing, the Squad vs. the Median Voter, and How Patriotism Wins Elections

Matthew Yglesias, Claire Ainsley, and Yascha Mounk debate whether progressives have abandoned the working-class voters they once claimed to represent.

Jun 27 • Yascha Mounk

46:28

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