This article was previously published as part of The Reconstruction Papers. The entire book is available in print and as a PDF. There is a […]
Author: Adam Gurri
We Need a Plan for What Comes Next. The Reconstruction Papers Is the Beginning of That Plan.
Among the difficult demands the current crisis places upon us is to balance a realism about just how bad things are, and how bad they […]
Editor’s Notes: The Culture of Elite Conformism Enabled the Capitulations of the Second Trump Term
Earlier this week, we published Saul Austerlitz talking about the wave of elite capitulations that began last year and has continued into this one. Powerful […]
Editor’s Notes: Midterms Are Coming
After all the polling, after the social science modeling geographic polarization, voter sensitivity to economic conditions, and the impact of gerrymandering—after all of it, elections […]
Editor’s Notes: The New Fugitive Slave Controversy Is Already Upon Us
On Thursday, ICE agent Christian Castro was released from custody in Texas. In the course of the invasion of Minneapolis, Castro and his fellow thugs […]
Elites Need Some Emotional Distance from Social Media
A free press has always come at a price. Free and open public spheres are always unpleasant, frequently abusive, and chock-full of all sorts of […]
Liberal Currents Live: J. K. Rowling and the Problem of the Extremely Online Elites
Extremely Online elites such as Elon Musk and J. K. Rowling, obsessed with what they see on social media, have wrought enormous damage in our […]
Editor’s Notes: Karoline Leavitt Was a Sloppy Hack
Before I begin today I want to remind people that we continue to sell our remaining inventory of The Reconstruction Papers. If you are in […]
Introduction: Beyond Resistance, Beyond Reform
Today we begin publishing the chapters of The Reconstruction Papers on our site as individual articles. The entire book is already available in print and […]
Liberal Currents Live: Natalie Harp Is the Most Powerful Woman in the World
We weren’t too aware of President Trump’s very, very close collaborator Natalie Harp last week, but the curtain has been torn down. Join us starting […]
Editor’s Notes: What Is Social Media For?
On the Out of the Jaws podcast, I like to joke with my younger co-host Ryan Geddie that I am “old new media.” He and […]
Editor’s Notes: Never Underestimate the Human Capacity for Earnest Cruelty
Over the weekend we republished a section of the popular 19th-century abolitionist book American Slavery As It Is, by Theodore Dwight Weld, Angelina Grimké Weld, […]
The Minnesota Star Tribune Publishes an Article on The Reconstruction Papers
Way back on June 15th, I sent David M. Perry a PDF of The Reconstruction Papers, on the off chance he’d have the opportunity to […]
Liberal Currents Live: The Trump Administration’s Struggle Summer
We’re going live now on YouTube and Twitch! Please join us now and ask your questions—help us peel back the polymeric coating on what’s been […]