Know Your Enemy: The Furious Minds of MAGA
Matt and Sam talk to Laura K. Field about her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right.
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The Case for a Third Reconstruction
The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.
Know Your Enemy: Zohran, the Jews, and Reckoning with Gaza
Matt and Sam talk to Peter Beinart about Zohran and Islamophobia, Jews and antisemitism, the genocide in Gaza, and more.
Zohran’s Promise
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the city is ours to make.
Know Your Enemy: Break Glass in Case of Emergency
Matt and Sam are very worried.
¿Por Qué MAGA?
Progressives will only make lasting progress with Latino voters if they examine not just why Trump was appealing, but also why the left was not.
Lula’s Unfinished Democracy
The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.
The Battle Over Civil Society
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
How Democracies Fall Apart
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
To Outlive Tyranny
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.
Ecology in an Era of Fragmentation 
As a species, we produce gardeners, devoted caretakers, and also arsonists.
Public Debilitation
Rebuilding government decision-making power requires not just removing veto points, but also addressing the outsized corporate power that gives the wealthy the best access to policymakers.
Damage Control in the Roberts Era
Progressive activists face an increasingly hostile legal environment. What strategies can they pursue?
Know Your Enemy: The Minority Voters Moving Right
Matt and Sam talk with Daniel Martinez HoSang about the gains the GOP and Trump are making with racial minorities.
Is America a Democracy?
An interview with Osita Nwanevu, author of The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
