Samuel Moyn

What if we use the history of slavery as a standpoint from which to rethink our notion of justice today?

Discussing effective historical analogies for the second Trump administration.

Far from the bastion of secularism many people today assume it to be, the landmark abortion ruling enacted the values of liberal mainline Protestantism.

How four presidential administrations managed to evade moral responsibility for the “war on terror” by hiding behind legality and process.

Today no one on either side of the political spectrum would present themselves as an enemy of choice. Sophia Rosenfeld exposes the complex legacy of this idea.

Donald Trump’s victory will inevitably reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?

Critics of the Supreme Court think it has lost its claim to legitimacy. But proposals for reforming it must strike a balance with preserving its independence.

Amidst growing suspicion that equality talk is cheap, a new book explains where egalitarianism went wrong—and what it still has to offer.

The past does not speak to us; we speak for the past.

A new book by Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses the past and present challenges posed by authoritarianism, but misses the conditions in which it arises.

Americans of the interwar period were perfectly clear about one fact we have lost sight of today: all fascism is indigenous, by definition.

Neoliberals refashioned the idea of freedom by tying it to the free market, and turning it into a weapon to be used against anticolonial projects worldwide.