Election 2024

Jane Coaston: What Is 'Freedom' to Democrats?

The New York Times contributor discusses the Democratic National Convention and the rhetoric of "freedom" on Just Asking Questions.

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How do Democrats define "freedom"? Just asking questions. 

It's Democratic National Convention week, so we wanted to talk about what's been unfolding there so far: the rhetoric, the thematic choices, and what it all reveals about the Democrats' 2024 agenda. How should we state-power skeptics and liberty appreciators view that agenda?

We invited Jane Coaston to discuss all that with us this week. She's a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times and a former politics reporter at Vox, and she exhibits self-described "libertarian tendencies."

Sources referenced in this episode:

  1. Overall freedom in the 50 states
  2. Personal freedom in the 50 states