Liberal Currents

An iron rule of politics is that economic problems are bad for incumbents. A large, often decisive swath of voters will credit or blame the party in charge for economic conditions, and the worse it is, the more likely they are to “throw the bums out.” Donald Trump and the Republicans’ record of

For the last week, all of political media has been aroar with news, leaks, innuendo, and no small amount of hand-over-mouth, scandalized titillation over White House assistant Natalie Harp. 

Harp, a 35-year-old former OAN anchor, fervent election denier, and all-around mysteriously present figure, has done herself no favors. Her odd, uncomfortable

For a long time, the liberal response to institutional mistrust was a mix of condescension and bafflement. If the public did not trust the experts, the assumption was that people were either misinformed or manipulated by bad actors. We lived through a decade of trying to fact-check our way out of a legitimacy crisis. But the tone has started to shift. Across public health age...

The weekly roundup of what we’ve done at Liberal Currents includes an assessment of prospects for a left-liberal coalition to defeat Trumpism and a critique of right-wing efforts to boost a concept of “Western civilization.”

Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Josh Chafetz, professor at Georgetown Law, discuss how Supreme Court rulings around the "legislative veto" laid the groundwork for expanded executive power.