Merriam-Webster defines early 20th-century “Progressivism” as “a political philosophy and social reform movement that aims to advance the public good through government action…” Today, “progressive” ...

The radical ideas of one generation become the common sense of the next. Here, Peter Dreier honors the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the mainstream. A hundred ...

We’re supposed to treat history like we do a solar eclipse, momentarily peeking at it through unbiased frames — but too often we’re seduced into prolonged gazing, blinding ourselves from future ...

In last week’s newsletter, I took a stroll through small independent bookstores in search of the condition of the liberal mind, discovering eco-pessimism and existential angst, a mixture of anxiety ...