Dear Friends,
Liberal magazines often frame the upheaval of the past few years—from Donald Trump to the breakdown of the political center—as a fleeting deviation from the norm. But at The New Republic, we believe this country is embarking on a sweeping political realignment, one that will call into question many of the dogmas Democrats have clung to for years. Our founding editors, Herbert Croly, Walter Lippmann, and Walter Weyl, lived through a moment much like our own, a time of inequality, crushing debt, corruption, and monopoly. Their New Republic shaped the modern liberal tradition; we hope to do the same today.
Here at TNR, I edit our monthly print magazine: 16 stories, give or take, that we choose carefully and refine for weeks. By the time they arrive in your inbox or mailbox, they’ve been meticulously checked, edited, and revised. A lot of magazines that engage in politics, that take a side and take the time to get it right, haven’t survived these unforgiving times. But by reading TNR (and subscribing or donating), you are keeping that work going, engaging in an urgent debate over the future of American liberalism—pushing it to meet the challenges of our current political moment.
