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Illiberalism
December 15, 2020
Matt Ford
Bill Barr Will Go Down in History as Trump’s Worst Enabler
The attorney general could not deliver the corrupt boons the president sought, but it was not for want of trying.
November 20, 2020
Jason Linkins
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Matt Ford
Trump’s Motley Gang of Dead-Enders Are Circling the Drain
The president’s attempts to undo the election result have largely been a farce, but the lasting damage to our civic fabric is no laughing matter.
November 12, 2020
Matt Ford
This Is (Probably) Not a Coup D’État
While it’s unlikely that Trump will extend his reign by means of any of the strategies he’s deploying, the damage he could do to America is real.
October 19, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Constitution Is the Crisis
There’s no reason why a rigged Supreme Court should have the final say on the law of our land.
September 15, 2020
Matt Ford
The Most Hysterical Worst-Case Election Scenario
If you’re worrying that Democrats wouldn’t concede a Biden defeat, you’re just concern-trolling while American democracy wobbles.
August 28, 2020
Matt Ford
The Violent Delights of the Trumpian Right
In the end, it was always going to be about blood and soil and gun-toting vigilantes.
July 30, 2020
Matt Ford
Donald Trump Is Terrified of Voters
The president’s call for a delayed election points to his own deep-seated insecurities, not the imminent collapse of our electoral democracy.
July 6, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism
The critics of progressive identity politics have got it all wrong: They’re the illiberal ones.
June 7, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Tom Cotton and the Elite Media’s Dalliance With Illiberalism
How the elimination of constitutional rights became an irresistible argument in the world of mainstream ideas.
November 8, 2019
Matt Ford
The Republican Plot Against the Popular Will
Electoral losses in Kentucky and Virginia send conservatives down a rabbit hole of illiberalism.
November 29, 2018
Gregory Feifer
Fighting for Liberalism—and a University
Viktor Orban is trying to force a symbol of international cooperation and academic independence out of Budapest. Why isn't the U.S. doing more?
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