Michael Lind

The former president’s atomized, placeless definition of who we are is a recipe for national disintegration

For global elites, countries are merely exotic names for trade zones and labor camps, and citizenship has about as much ethical or emotional significance as a gym membership. Most Americans feel otherwise.

New York Times columnist tries to memory-hole his prior views on immigration

There’s a new strategy in town: If American voters don’t like what you are offering, import better voters.

The United Auto Workers are winning the battle, but have they already lost the war?

Our politicians are not too old—but their ideas are

Our antinomian elite’s war against tradition has become a war against the working class

How partisan lawfare threatens democracy

Partisan explanations for why birth rates are falling miss the true sources of a cross-cultural trend, and the possible solutions

The new global conflict with Russia and China is playing out like a game of 3D chess, with the U.S. up in some areas but losing in others

(and why you should be, too)

America needs a broad popular front to stop the revolution from above that is transforming the country

The U.S. is losing its economic advantage in a new era of global conflict

In America today, we have informal labor cartels for the college-educated elite, while private sector unions for the working class are all but annihilated

The midterm elections were a victory for status quo centrists in both parties