Liberal Currents

Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural address’ famous line “ … the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” is familiar to us as an exhortation to action. But you really need to imbibe the second part, “—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terr...

Samantha is joined by Elizabeth Wilkins, president of the Roosevelt Institute, to discuss the economic debate that's roiling the Democratic Party--whether to lean in to Republican slopulism about tax cuts, or to embrace broad social programs funded by a broad tax base.

Along the way, they discuss the legacy of Bidenomics, the nuts and bolts of tax policy, the glaring p...

The latest front in America’s culture wars has arrived with a familiar script: according to right wing media, the left is once again coming for your children. The culprit this time? Connecticut Democrats who want to know how many children in the state are homeschooled.

Connecticut, which currently does not specifically regulate homeschooling at all, passed a bill on May...

Progressive messaging is so hot, the cynical opportunists are appropriating it for mass appeal. A combat surgeon returned from Gaza has found financial support in a pro-Palestine super PAC. Public pressure may prevent new ICE facilities. Journalist Whitney Curry Wimbish walks us through these and other recent stories she has worked on for The American Prospect.

“The internet brought people together,” Megan Garber notes in her book Screen People: How We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency. “The hyperlinks that bound its pages made bonds among humans, too. People watch...