Did Inflation Save Us From 'New Progressive Economics'?
Anti-market progressives dominate the Biden administration. Their policies also help discredit it.
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The Black Panther Who Was Banned From the Ballot
A segment of American voters want insurrectionist candidates. Who are election officials to deny them?
YouTube Algorithm Steers People Away From Radical Content
Another blow to the idea that algorithms are driving our political dysfunction.
How Hippies Saved the Fourth Amendment
The Nixon administration did everything it could to curb antiwar activism. Then the courts said it had gone too far.
Matt Taibbi: How the Left Lost Its Mind
The maverick journalist talks Twitter Files, the end of the anti-government left, Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Twitter Was Already a Hellscape Even Before It Was Set Free
Plus: For Halloween, the editors describe what scares them most about politics and government right now.
Both Left and Right Are Converging on Authoritarianism
The problem with American politics isn't polarization—it's rising illiberalism.
Chile's Proposed Left-Wing Constitution Could Spell Chaos
The 54,000-word draft document is a feeding frenzy of political interests looking to codify special rights and privileges.
Glenn Greenwald on Tucker Carlson, Chelsea Manning, Russia, and Big Tech
"The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC, where they're not welcome."
YouTube Algorithms Don't Turn Unsuspecting Masses Into Extremists, New Study Suggests
A new study casts doubt on the most prominent theories about extremism-by-algorithm.
The Campaign Against 'Extremism' Looks Like an Attack on Speech
Efforts against violence are turning into restrictions on ideas.
Eldridge Cleaver: The Mormon Years
Friday A/V Club: A former Black Panther's winding path
What Really Happened to the Class of '68?
Friday A/V Club: The Yippies, the yuppies, and the ghosts of the '60s and '80s
The Guillotine Mystique
The French Revolution has long inspired progressive radicals ready for change at any cost.
In 2020, We Have Forgotten How To Leave People Alone
Shopping at Target. Dining outdoors. No activity these days is too mundane for protesters to shout at you for it.
Karl Hess: From Republican Speechwriter to New Left Radical to Libertarian Homesteader
Friday A/V Club: Daniel Tucker discusses his documentary Local Control: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas—and we also screen the movie itself.
Democratic Socialists of America Voted To Establish an Anti-Fascist Working Group. It Was Controversial.
Some DSAers were worried about being associated with antifa, but the motion passed 521–493.
At the Democratic Socialists of America Convention, Clapping, Chatter, and Gendered Language Are Considered Triggering
But it wasn't all woke one-upmanship—they also discussed public policy.
Why Are Democrats Working So Hard to Win the Woke Left?
Tonight's debate became an exercise in checking privileges.
Robby Soave's New Book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump, Hits Stores Tomorrow
Campus free speech battles. Intersectionality-fueled infighting. Cancel culture. Pre-order now!
Rising Conservatives Are as Hostile to Freedom as the Leftists They Disdain
Republicans, who have gleefully warned the public about Democratic flirtations with socialism, shouldn't be quick to gloat given the emergence of an anti-freedom movement on the Right.
Are Socialists More Like Libertarians Than We'd Prefer To Admit?
A libertarian goes to a conference on socialism and finds some surprising similarities.
Concordia University Disinvites Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield Over His Conservative Gender Views
Administrator says they "were unable to reach consensus as to what we wanted to achieve with this event," which is pure doublespeak.
Will Twitter Derangement Syndrome Kill the Democrats in 2020?: Reason Roundup
Plus: a radical remembering of the suburbs; support for sex-work decrim in NY; Bret Easton Ellis on Mueller and media
America's Stubborn Left Clings to Nicolas Maduro Despite All Evidence
It's time to admit that Venezuela's "21st century socialism" failed.
Women's March Co-Founders Won't Condemn Farrakhan, Revealing the Hollowness of Intersectionality
If the left is going to insist that only the most consistent enemies of bigotry are welcome in their ranks, one might expect some consistency.
Millennial News Site Thinks the CIA Being Run Entirely by Women Is a Progressive Victory
This is not the first time generic "yaaassss slay kween" feminism has been used to obscure an awful person's record.
The Wild Rise of Lyndon LaRouche
What a conspiracy theorist, a Vietnam War deserter, and a Trump adviser have in common
Partisans United Against Free Speech
The culture of free speech has been deteriorating for long enough that politics, sadly and predictably, is catching up.
Sarah Jeong Probably Doesn't Hate White People, But Mocking Them Is an Easy Way to Prove You're Woke
The left doesn't believe racism against white people is possible.
Left and Right Portland Street Mobs Engage in Pointless, Performative Violence
A depressing exemplar of politics in 2018
Tracking Down the Elusive Left-Wing Authoritarian
"Left-wing authoritarians can be just as prejudiced, dogmatic, and extremist as right-wing authoritarians."
CNN's Patty Hearst Docuseries Shows Surprising Depth
Jeffrey Toobin's book on the kidnapped heiress was a mess. This telling is much better.
Farewell to Nicholas von Hoffman, the Newsman Who Got Fired for Comparing Nixon to a Dead Mouse
Friday A/V Club: Columnist, broadcaster, and critic of concentrated power
The New York Times Is Now a Nazi Paper. Wait, What?
If everything problematic is evil, silencing and punishing everything problematic becomes a social necessity.
In Memoriam: Marcus Raskin, Radical and Decentralist
His critique of concentrated power is still relevant today.
The End of Free Speech
In 2017, the left eats its own and the right shows its true colors.
Chicano Yaktivists Be Damned; Regular Mexicans Are Wild for Coco, Disney
Coco is legit, which is why people are seeing it in droves.
'Antifa Attack Peaceful Right-Wing Demonstrators in Berkeley'
The thug's veto, this time from the far left.
Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four Describes the Authoritarian Left Better Than It Does Trump
Trump haters rush to buy the famous dystopian novel.
Thugs Indulge Their Weimar Dreams and Become the Totalitarians They Claim to Hate
It's tough being a heroic anti-Nazi street fighter when you're the closest thing to a Nazi around.
Frederick Douglass Would Have Ardently Supported Milo Yiannopoulos's Free Speech Rights
Frederick Douglass was an ardent defender of free speech, a principle dismissed by Berkeley protesters and rioters and their apologists.
'Movement for Black Lives' Releases Agenda in Attempt to Hijack Black Lives Matter/Police Reform Movement
"Ooh, people are interested in an issue? Here's a list of the things I always wanted"
Is Social Science Politically Biased?, Asks Michael Shermer in Scientific American
Surely as scientists, liberals are able to maintain their dispassionate objectivity
