Progressivism

An intra-Democratic fight over border security portends a power struggle in the upcoming Congress.

Conservatives play an essential role as gatekeepers. Vetting some of the left's perspectives and ideas, even in this polarized environment, could resonate with their base.

The ‘progressive’ problem.

Promises of 'community engagement' don’t go far when managers call police on black men waiting for their friend.

"I have come to Albany mad as hell about Republicans, and I have come to Albany mad as hell about Democrats," said Cynthia Nixon in a speech in Albany Monday. Knowingly or not, she was quoting the movie Network, a dark 1976 satire of TV's corrupt command of America.

The Capital Bikeshare killer is here. Bike sharing programs are increasingly popular in big cities, and Washington was an early adopter with its Capital Bikeshare program. (The keys even look like little communist flags!) The program got started with millions in subsidies from the government, and…

Something has gone missing from American politics. Since the beginning of the new administration in January, public debate focused on general ideas has largely disappeared. Yes, President Trump has a few issues he consistently supports, such as limitations on immigration and lower taxes; and yes,…

Something has gone missing from American politics. Since the beginning of the new administration in January, public debate focused on general ideas has largely disappeared. Yes, President Trump has a few issues he consistently supports, such as limitations on immigration and lower taxes; and yes,…

It would be nice, in a way, to be a progressive. You’d be confident you know the direction History is moving. And you’d have faith that the direction in which History is moving is the direction in which History should be moving.

It would be nice, in a way, to be a progressive. You’d be confident you know the direction History is moving. And you’d have faith that the direction in which History is moving is the direction in which History should be moving.

In the heart of Wall Street, a new statue is causing quite a kerfuffle. Sponsored by State Street Global Advisors, one of the world’s largest asset-management firms, the "Fearless Girl" was installed earlier this year to stand in front of the famous "Charging Bull" in Bowling Green Park, just a…

A Texas high school junior who’s biologically female takes testosterone to "transition" to the other sex, and wins the state's wrestling championship for girls—even though other female players are not allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs, including testosterone. A secret Facebook group of…

When Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation since 2013, called for a “reimagining of philanthropy's first principles and its relationship to our market system," few people thought this meant that he would join the board of directors of PepsiCo. But that's exactly what he did last fall.…

Okay, the McDonald's anti-Trump tweet—"You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands"—seems to have been a hack job. McDonald's, upon taking the insult down from Twitter after 20 minutes and more than 1,000 likes and…

A small story from a small town grew legs and got around last week. A local essay contest prompting high school students in and around Westport, Connecticut to consider the role "white privilege" has played in their lives didn't sit right with a handful of parents and a mob of Internet hecklers,…

Friday's edition of the indispensable Inside Higher Ed brings news of the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, just in case you were wondering. According to Colleen Flaherty's report, an air of apprehension hangs over the event, which is being held, where else,…

Seven Greenpeace activists climbed to the top of a crane north of the White House and hung a large banner reading "RESIST" on Wednesday morning. Given the timing, one would think the word might allude to President Trump's orders to revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Greenpeace is…

Ignoring the besieged, carefully coiffed elephant in the room, House speaker Paul Ryan delivered remarks over the course of 45 minutes Friday in a starkly worded critique of Hillary Clinton and progressivism. It set the table for a Clinton presidency, the stakes of it—and the significance of a…

People in the United States are experiencing a level of political discontent unseen in decades. Partisans on the right have long fought against the inexorable growth of big government, just as those on the left have always railed against the growing power of big business. This year, the sides have…

The day after endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, Bernie Sanders was asked a question he didn’t welcome. Did he believe Clinton could be trusted to enact a left-wing agenda if elected? Sanders ducked. "Sorry, I'm not going to get into the trusted or not." The questioner wanted him "to…

A strange period has now passed into history. Captivated by a presidential campaign in 2008, Americans by the millions came to believe that a new leader would be able to produce more than a transformed society and an era of world peace. Politics could be extended beyond its ordinary boundaries and…