Re-embracing anti-monopoly will reinvigorate American liberty and beat back Trumpism.
January/February 2017
How to Bring Home Democratic Voters
Universal vote by mail is the most effective way to boost turnout among young and minority voters.
Minority Retort
In the era of Trump, congressional Democrats should practice “strategic co-opposition.”
Obama’s Top 50 Accomplishments, Revisited
The comprehensive legacy of the 44th President.
Nip It in the Bud
Could Donald Trump be our best hope for sensible marijuana legalization?
Why the GOP Congress Will Stop Trump from Going Too Far
The coming resistance from Republican lawmakers who hate Trump, fear executive overreach—or both.
Time to Abolish Cash Bail
It doesn’t keep dangerous criminals off the streets. It just keeps the poor in jail—and finance companies rolling in profits.
All Criminal Justice Reform Is Local
Donald Trump’s election ends hopes for federal action to reduce mass incarceration. But the real problem, and therefore the solution, lies with local prosecutors.
Is Donald Trump America’s Milosevic?
The similarities between Trump and the former Yugoslav leader are uncanny.
Advice for Trump on Post-Fidel Cuba
I was a U.S. diplomat in Cuba. Here’s what the new administration needs to understand.
Obama’s Considerable, if Shaky, Legacy
What Trump can and cannot unwind.
Why Does Congress Do So Little?
The structural incentives for “losing to win.”
From Spying to Killing
How America’s “secret war” in Laos transformed the CIA.
Arab Fling
How the feckless meddling of Syria’s neighbors made the civil war there worse.
Power to the People
Liberals have lost touch with their populist roots, which calls for a fresh articulation of a very old idea: anti-domination.
Entrepreneurship at Home and Abroad
Why Donald Trump should listen to two visionary businessmen who didn’t support him.
The Birth of the Imperial Presidency
How America’s late-nineteenth-century conquest of Cuba and the Philippines still haunts our foreign policy.