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The Mask of Imperialism

They make a wilderness, and they call it peace. —Tacitus, Agricola Liberal internationalism died in the ruins of Gaza and Beirut. Donald Trump’s return to office has only put a…

Blank Ballot

by Matthew Karp,

On a damp, gray afternoon in April, I took my daughter with me to vote in the New York Democratic primary. After a long Tuesday, she was keen to get…

The Trouble with Israel’s Supreme Court

Host Violet Lucca,Guest Bernard Avishai

On the ongoing culture war that’s reshaping the country, and the proposed changes to its judiciary

Courting Disaster

by Ian MacDougall,

Why liberals should give up on the judiciary

Empire Burlesque

by Daniel Bessner,

What comes after the American Century?

The Third Force

by Garret Keizer,

On stupidity and transcendence

What’s in a Vote?

by Danielle Allen, Jamelle Bouie, Jason Brennan, Sarah Smarsh, Astra Taylor,

Electoral politics in an ailing democracy

Things to Come

by Kevin Baker,

On March 30, during one of the daily briefings on the COVID-19 outbreak that had so captured the hearts and minds of New Yorkers, Governor Andrew Cuomo uttered a sentence…