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Back to SearchRoss Douthat Has Been ‘Radicalized a Little Bit, Too’
Am I too panicked about the future of American democracy?
My colleague Ross Douthat thinks so. He points to research suggesting that voter ID laws and…
4 years, 9 months ago
How Blue Cities Became So Outrageously Unaffordable
Joe Biden’s economic agenda is centered on a basic premise: The United States needs to build. To build roads and bridges. To build child care facilit…
4 years, 9 months ago
Our Workplaces Think We’re Computers. We’re Not.
For decades, our society’s dominant metaphor for the mind has been a computer. A machine that operates the exact same way whether it’s in a dark room…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ibram X. Kendi on What Conservatives—and Liberals—Get Wrong About Antiracism
“What if instead of a feelings advocacy we had an outcome advocacy that put equitable outcomes before our guilt and anguish?” wrote Ibram X. Kendi in…
4 years, 10 months ago
How Octopuses Upend What We Know About Ourselves
I’ve spent the past few months on an octopus kick. In that, I don’t seem to be alone. Octopuses (it’s incorrect to say “octopi,” to my despair) are h…
4 years, 10 months ago
Critical Race Theory, Comic Books and the Power of Public Schools
Eve Ewing’s work as a sociologist, poet, visual artist, podcaster and comic book writer manages to do two things that are often in tension: it gives …
4 years, 10 months ago
Best of: What ‘Drained-Pool’ Politics Costs America
In February, I spoke with Heather McGhee. I’ve been thinking about the conversation ever since.
“The American landscape was once graced with resplend…
4 years, 10 months ago
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy Wants You to Be Bad at Something. It’s for Your Own Good.
Recently, I picked up Jeff Tweedy’s “How to Write One Song.” It was a bit of a lark. Tweedy is the frontman for Wilco, one of my favorite bands, but …
4 years, 10 months ago
Why Do We Work So Damn Much?
Historically speaking, we live in an age of extraordinary abundance. We have long since passed the income thresholds when past economists believed ou…
4 years, 10 months ago
Republicans Are Setting Off a ‘Doom Loop’ for Democracy
The insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 failed. Donald Trump is not the president. But at the state level, the Republican war on elections is posti…
4 years, 10 months ago