By championing policies like anti-monopolism and local empowerment, the new president can craft something sorely missing in America: a persuasive national narrative.
January/February/March 2021
How Biden Can Use Federal Power to Liberate Localities
Reversing the GOP’s war against municipal self-government would be good policy and good politics.
How Joe Biden Can Help Forge a New National Narrative
To survive as a democracy, Trump’s ethno-nationalist story of America must be defeated.
How Biden Can Transform America
The country thrived when its leaders broke up monopoly power. The president-elect won’t need Congress to do so again.
Why Biden Might Not Need McConnell’s Permission
The president-elect has more tools for staffing the new administration than may be apparent—including one that no president has ever used before.
The Flawed Superhero of Marvel Comics
A new book reveals the origin story of Stan Lee, the self-aggrandizing impresario of an entertainment empire.
The Brutality of Boyhood
Parenting in the age of #MeToo.
The Master of (Self-inflicted) Disaster
Mike Nichols’s films about escaping catastrophe can guide us in the post-Trump era.
