Osita Nwanevu

The Neocons’ Revenge?

Trump’s war has deepened the already-widening cracks in the MAGA coalition.

What If We Took Democracy Seriously?

“Democracy isn’t just some woolly ideal but the very means by which material lives might be improved.”

Conservatism’s Baton Twirler

The arrival of a Republican administration that wages war against immigrants and liberal colleges should be understood as the culmination of the conservative movement that William F. Buckley shaped and defined beginning in the 1950s.

The Life of the Party

In his latest book, Michael Kazin argues that the Democrats have long sought to build a “moral capitalism.” Have they ever succeeded?