Why Populism Is Toxic
Reading Time: 18 minutes How economic populism grew into a toxic stew of resentment, nationalism, racism — and the bloody riot of January 6, 2021.
Trump’s Pardon Shakedown
Reading Time: 18 minutes A personal look inside the final days and multimillion-dollar shakedowns of the Trump pardon process.
Josh Hawley Told Us Who He Was
Reading Time: 2 minutes A look at how religious nationalism — more than politics — spurred the events of January 6.
Unity Is Probably Impossible
Reading Time: 16 minutes A look at why facts, data, and truth have little to do with what we believe.
Did We Just Witness Our Fort Sumter?
Reading Time: 20 minutes Is secession the only option left for a divided America? A reprise of our conversation with conservative journalist David French.
Why the US Is More Like WeWork and Theranos Than Apple
Reading Time: 17 minutes A contrarian history of the US dismissing notions of exceptionalism and triumphalism.
Sketches of a Socialist Dream
Reading Time: 20 minutes Longtime socialist professor and activist Victor Wallis lays out his socialist agenda.
Why Even a Pandemic Can’t Make Remote Learning Work
Reading Time: 18 minutes An in-depth look at why the push to get schools back open is in part about the unspoken limits and failure of remote learning.
Calling All Lawyers!
Reading Time: 31 minutes Two distinguished legal scholars examine the state of election lawsuits, and why our elections today need so many lawyers.
Anger & Violence & Secession, Oh My!
Reading Time: 19 minutes An examination of how our current anger and animosity might very well lead to greater violence — and even secession.