In the early 1970s American feminism was on a roll. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), left for dead for decades, sailed through both houses of Congress in spring 1972. Within three months, 20 states, ...

In this scenario, states or localities can step in and establish their own pro-worker labor laws, and lawmakers in three states (California, Massachusetts, and New York) are currently considering ...

In early March 2021, the Biden Administration rolled out the first part of its multitrillion dollar plan to meet the COVID-19 crisis and rebuild the U.S. economy. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue ...

The Court was the last real line of defense for the right to access abortion in this country. With Kavanaugh’s confirmation, ...

In moments of crisis, it’s easy to think that capitalism is finished. But don't forget the system’s formidable ability to ...

Photo by Coco Curranski via CC 2.0 Why should I care about posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?” In an era when sweeping demographic change has created a racial, economic, cultural, and ...

Lanchester sees statistics as a product of the same Enlightenment that gave birth to the United States—“numbers created by the state to help it understand itself and ultimately to govern itself.” And ...

Thomas Kuhn In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change ...

Book Reviews Reining in Our Tech God-Emperors The battle for control of the internet begins with correctly identifying the sides that are at war. By Henry Farrell from Spring 2025, No. 76 – 12 MIN ...

The Empire State Building, then the world’s tallest building at 102 stories, was completed in 1931. Building that majestic structure, later called one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the ...

A year ago at this time we were all flying high, eagerly preparing to meet the challenges of “the middle-out moment.” Then came November’s brutal election. But while our spirits may have crashed, the ...

Campaign materials for and against instituting MMP in New Zealand. (Office of the Clerk/Parliamentary Service. Licensed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives and/or the Parliamentary ...