Society

J.K. Rowling Is Turning A Free Speech Victory Into A Defeat

The backlash against Amnesty was justified. Suing them out of existence is not.

Jul 29 • Jacob Mchangama

Josh Harder on Why America Needs to Build

In this conversation, recorded at the New Liberal Action Summit organized by the Center for New Liberalism in Washington, D.C., Francis Fukuyama…

Jul 27 • Francis Fukuyama

30:09

The Rise and Rise of E-Spirituality

Witches, spells, tarot are taking Gen Z by storm.

Jul 24 • Leonora Barclay

Claude Steele on the Hidden Stress of Diverse Spaces

Yascha Mounk and Claude Steele discuss why diversity can produce anxiety—and how it differs from prejudice.

Jul 21 • Yascha Mounk

1:01:16

Back When Football Was Innocent—And the World, Too

The game of 1970 was nothing like today. That doesn't mean I'll stop watching.

Jul 19 • Quico Toro

The Good Fight Club: Refounding Liberalism, Gen Z's Political Instincts, and a Watergate Ghost Story

Francis Fukuyama, Linda Chavez, and Rachel Janfaza join Yascha Mounk to discuss what a radical liberal agenda might look like today.

Jul 18 • Yascha Mounk

1:00:02

John Harpham on the Intellectual Origins of American Slavery

Yascha Mounk and John Harpham examine how early modern thinkers justified slavery long before modern theories of race took hold.

Jul 14 • Yascha Mounk

1:08:30

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

A New State Capitalism

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

Jul 2 • Dalibor Rohac

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

Right and Left Are Seeing Two Different Worlds

Even when facts are agreed upon, interpretations are wildly different.

Jun 25 • Dan Williams

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