The Editors of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas are Michael Tomasky (Editor), Jack Meserve (Managing Editor), Delphine d'Amora (Associate Editor), and Claire Schnatterbeck (Assistant Editor).

Industrial policy has traditionally been conceived of as a strategic tool that nations use to gain “market share” in the context of international trade. Over the last five decades or so, the focus of ...

At the start of this school year, a picture of two young girls sitting outside a Taco Bell swept across the Internet. They were not headed to the restaurant for lunch. Instead, they were seen ...

The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made by Cliff Sloan • PublicAffairs • 2023 • 512 pages • $32.50 The years of World War II represent the most paradoxical era in the history of ...

Experiments across the world have tried to remove politicians themselves from decision-making. And they’ve worked—well, kind ...

Job disruption as a result of automation and new technologies accelerated dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, it is clearer than ever that we need to examine how forward-thinking ...

In early 2018, Larry Kramer, the dean of Stanford Law School and the president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, which held assets of about $10 billion and disbursed around $400 million a ...

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America By Beth Macy • Little, Brown and Company • 2018 • 384 pages • $28 All tragedies have heroes. Obvious heroes, complicated heroes, ...

On the day I sat down to write this review, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. “We see you as a trusted partner in matters of assuring ...

The health care system in the United States is in crisis. Drastic cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act threaten the ...

In 1996, President Clinton campaigned on the promise of putting thousands of new police officers on the street. Looking back, ...