'Throughout its history, liberalism has had a tense and complicated relationship with democracy, as fears of the unpropertied mob led many liberals to inveigh against expanding voting privileges.' liberalcurrents.com/an-arrow-again…

'We are one step away from legislating mass homelessness.' liberalcurrents.com/the-vicious-cy…

'If you want to win, you need to have a good inside strategy, and you need to develop it ahead of time... Functional inside strategies are grounded in reality. Non-functional ones are oriented around maintaining in-group cohesion.' liberalcurrents.com/how-movements-…

“The last few decades of American housing have passed through several phases of a vicious policy cycle. There may be nothing more urgent than ending it.” liberalcurrents.com/the-vicious-cy…

i come not to bury police abolition but to praise it. the hard truth is that the george floyd protests failed. if want to do better next time, we need to take a hard look in the mirror and understand why.

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“Recent times are not just a record of failed movements. Rather, our age has included some tremendous successes in progressive organizing.” liberalcurrents.com/how-movements-…

'Ian Dunt’s 'How To Be a Liberal' lays out a sweeping, probing history of liberalism as an idea, and uses it as a foundation to launch a call to arms.' liberalcurrents.com/an-arrow-again…

“Dunt insists that liberalism is not simply an old idea that needs  defending, but one that needs to be nourished, tested, grown.” liberalcurrents.com/an-arrow-again…

oh my god, the new mayor of windsor read my liberalcurrents essay

'Prominent liberals such as Francis Fukuyama and William Galston have offered reiterations of liberal values that, while well-meaning, have nevertheless felt ill-matched to the scale of their task...' liberalcurrents.com/kahan-review-s…

'A common theme here is the way the past is being evoked, even rebuilt, in a striking but sanitized fashion.' liberalcurrents.com/magic-kingdom-…

'Mayor Eric Adams has proposed a group of policies collectively known as the City of Yes. It is a bold plan to shed decades of restrictions on housing stock and provide more people with affordable housing.' liberalcurrents.com/a-city-of-libe…

'Establishing an arbitrary line, or issuing an arbitrary command, sets the police and protesters on a crash course for conflict.' liberalcurrents.com/the-ethics-of-…

'MAGA culture critics talk about extolling America’s civic heritage. Yet Trump has done nothing but obliterate America’s democratic norms...draping its institutions in the gaudy decor of his authoritarian narcissism.'

Good Alan Elrod on the culture of MAGA
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'If New York City is meant to be seen as a beacon of liberty, we need to become a City of Yes. Yes to people, yes to housing, and yes to accepting the inevitability of change.'

My latest essay in Liberal Currents
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'Generations of people have come to this city in search of a better life, and they’ve found it. ... However, the city is now facing a crisis of its own creation.' liberalcurrents.com/a-city-of-libe…

'Trump, the real estate man, has always fashioned himself an architecture and design aficionado. ... Gauche and overdone as Trump’s style is, it plays on a conservative, reactionary, instinct.' liberalcurrents.com/magic-kingdom-…

“The data is clear that producing more housing units leads to lower rents. This has been the case in Minneapolis, Sacramento, Austin, and many other cities across the country. It can happen in New York City too.” liberalcurrents.com/a-city-of-libe…

'His own homes and towers betray what has almost always been true of the debt-ridden, self-proclaimed billionaire...: his entire image is a myth and a poisonous one at that.' liberalcurrents.com/magic-kingdom-…

'Kahan sees liberalism as a response to a series of different fears throughout history, each response building upon rather than demolishing that form of liberalism which came before it.' liberalcurrents.com/kahan-review-s…