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The article delves into the complex and contested nature of "American liberalism," highlighting its historical evolution and various interpretations. It argues that liberalism has often been mobilized through illiberal means to achieve its ends, particularly concerning democracy. It suggests a shift towards focusing on democracy as the central tenet of liberalism, advocating for robust measures to expand the franchise and ensure equal representation in the political system.

The article examines the historical context of liberalism, tracing its evolution and highlighting its achievements and challenges. It discusses how liberalism has grappled with issues of power, domination, and freedom throughout history. It assesses the efficacy of liberalism in addressing present-day challenges, including the rise of wealth and tech elites, political polarization, and grassroots movements for social change.

The article focuses on the evolution of liberalism, highlighting its historical context and proposing the concept of "power-sharing liberalism" as a response to contemporary challenges. It discusses how liberalism has addressed issues of freedom and inequality over time, while also acknowledging its susceptibility to capture by elite interests. It emphasizes on political emancipation and the redistribution of power across diverse social groups to address current societal issues effectively.

The article reflects on the enduring struggle of liberalism in American society, acknowledging its historical challenges and current vulnerabilities. It discusses liberalism's roots in openness to change and its historical victories over conservatism to expand freedom, such as ending slavery and advancing civil rights. It also highlights the perpetual resistance to change ingrained in human nature and the cyclical pattern of progressive reform followed by backlash.

The article discusses United States has undergone several "constitutional moments," as Yale Law professor Bruce Ackerman has defined them. These are moments that start as a crisis and end in resolution. The resolutions result from the forging and harnessing of competing public visions of the good. These moments of crisis sparked deep deliberation among those who were allowed to speak and be heard.

The article discusses how Democrats need to tie their economic ideas to the broader ideals all Americans are taught to cherish, for their policies to succeed. It highlights how the economic inequality and concentration of wealth and political power in the hands of the few weaken democracy and limit freedom. It also notes how elected Democrats can win by tying economic policies to the larger ideas that Americans care most deeply about: democracy and freedom.

The article discusses the challenges ahead of newly appointed U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to save the democracy in the country. Topics include the respond of Eric Holder, former attorney general of Barack Obama, former President of U.S. about the prosecution of Donald Trump; investigations of the Congressional committees on Rules and Administration and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees, and Jeffrey Rosen, Barr's successor as acting attorney general.

The article discusses the shape of American democracy in 2050, my impulse was to go grim. Our dystopian present is not lacking in democracy-warping horrors-global warming, rising authoritarianism, a never-ending pandemic, and the rollback of reproductive and voting rights. The trajectory of these horrors, and their disproportionate impact on Americans of color with the least resources, are predictable.

The article discusses that "Freedom" was the mantra of the Cold War, at least on the Western side of the Iron Curtain. In the American mind, it is most often associated with the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution, the country's secular bible: freedom of the press, of assembly, and so on. But there are other kinds of freedom, too, the material kinds that the United States so vehemently refuses to guarantee.

The article discusses heavily armed protesters and militias had stormed the Michigan state Capitol. The yelling, banging, and chaos echoed through the rotunda and rattled the doors of the 144-year-old building. Outside the Capitol, people carried signs protesting the Covid-19 lockdown. But more prevalent were the nooses, swastikas, Confederate flags, and the men in head-to-toe tactical gear.

The article discusses pseudonymous Cato, who many believe was New York Governor George Clinton, held that republics should be small, because larger territories allowed for greater wealth to be accumulated, which would eventually lead to the regime's demise. And, anyway, he wrote, The extent of many of the states of the Union, is at this time almost too great for the superintendence of a republican form of government.

The article discusses new students from Venezuela, some of the more than 15,000 asylum seekers bused to New York City by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, appeared at my child's elementary school. At the peak, as many as nine buses, carrying around 400 people, were arriving every day. New York tried to welcome these families. Compared with Abbott's cynical ploy of banishing them, New York's actions, it is tempting to say, veritably made the state a different country.

The article discusses multicultural liberal democracy that many of us want it to be by 2050, for the same reason that it falls short of that ideal today: The opponents of multicultural liberal democracy exercise disproportionate power in at least two of our most powerful institutions, the Supreme Court and the Senate, and will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Six life-tenured justices on the Supreme Court ended women's access to safe and legal abortion in June.

The article discusses partisan gerrymandering, and instituting open primaries, ranked-choice voting, and campaign finance reform; the list of ideas for repairing our diminished democracy is quite extensive. American philanthropists, democracy experts, think tanks, and foundations have dedicated billions of dollars and countless hours to developing and implementing these concepts.

The article discusses the recruitment of the conservatives by former lawyer Cleta Mitchell of Donald Trump, the former President of U.S. Topics include the objectives of the Arizona Summit, election integrity summit, Phoenix summiting representing the works of the political parties of U.S.; recruiting precinct officials to watch the polls and all of the other processes associated with elections and effect of election integrity to democracy of U.S.

The article looks at how media organizations will cover the U.S. federal investigation on the January 6, 2001 Capitol attack. Focus is given on the responsibility of the press and its right of the freedom to publish materials that discomfits those in power under the First Amendment if there are assaults on democracy and liberty. It reports about the team created at "Washington Post" to cover the democracy beat and discusses the challenges of objectivity and fairness in reporting.

The article discusses the influence of West Coast politicians in the U.S. Democratic Party in relation to potential candidates in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Topics include the notion of freedom and independence in the cultures of West Coast states, the influence of technology industries on Democratic politicians in the region, and opposition to the immigration and environmental policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The article discusses scholars of the United States had already begun noting how returning Vietnam veterans were key players in the white nationalist movements of the 1970s and 1980s. But it took us too long to notice that the new white nationalist groups since the war on terrorism began were also often populated by war on terrorism veterans. Just as we had learned to accept school shootings, we learned to live with car bombs.

The article offers strategies for workers to adapt the Bill of Rights for their survival in the twentieth century AND MENTIONS . Topics discussed include the views of Shaun Richman, a former organizing director for the American Federation of Teachers, on liberties as citizens; constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection under the law; and National Labor Relations Act prohibits unfair labor practices and encourages collective bargaining by private-sector employers.

The article explores Civic republican political philosophy is sometimes equated with communitarianism, and while they are not precisely the same, they both have as their watchword the concept of "the common good" (the res publica ). Republican philosophy was embraced by the Founders of the American republic as fervently as the individualistic liberalism of John Locke. When he visited America in the 1830s.

The article discusses a worldwide erosion of democracy. Survey data from monitoring group Freedom House indicate freedom around the globe has declined for five consecutive years, with the number of electoral democracies descending to a level not seen since 1995. A different survey by the Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany concludes that between 2006 and 2010 the number of what it terms "highly defective democracies" has increased 100%. The author cites several reasons including the transformation of elected leaders into autocrats and acquiescence on the part of citizens.

The author discusses the history of liberalism and democracy. He does not feel that liberals are necessarily bad for a country at war; although in the U.S., the Democratic Party is generally considered more peaceable and focused on improvements for the citizens of the country. The author feels that liberalism is also best associated with a balance of powers within democracies.

This article focuses on the use of torture against detainees by the United States, and proposed bans against it. The issue of whether or not the U.S. should use torture is inescapable with the introduction of the McCain Amendment banning all torture. U.S. President George W. Bush has vowed to veto any ban on torture. The author says that torture is wrong because it is the polar opposite of freedom, for which the U.S. claims to stand for.

Contends that liberalism must be understood as an ensemble of doctrines and principles that center on but one conception of freedom. Historical definition of freedom; Advantages and disadvantages of liberalism's nurturing of egoistic individualism; Consequence of liberal secular reaction against religion; Relationship with industrial capitalism.

Examines the notion that Asian values are less supportive of freedom and are more concerned with order and discipline. Claims that Asian values do not regard freedom to be important in the way it is regarded in the West; Association between authoritarian governance and economic growth and development; Discussion of the nature and relevance of Asian values; Analysis of the diversity of the Asian value systems; Explanation that contemporary Western ideas on freedom, equality and democracy is a recent development and not intrinsically clear among the ancients; Contention that ancient leaders in Asia and the West have more or less similar notions and theory on freedom and good governance.

Details the experience of a Soviet exile's return to Moscow, after being away for nearly a decade. Arrival at the Sheremyetevo International Airport in Moscow late on a fall evening; Meeting with old friends; Bleakness of the remains of the Soviet civilization; Vitality of the people despite their surroundings; Changes in Soviet politics and the arts; Freedom to discuss all kinds of problems out loud without a policeman in sight; Description of the provincial city of Kazan.

Shares the author's insight regarding the connection between poetry, myth and revolution. His view of the relation between the defense of poetry and the defense of liberty; Definition of liberty by the author; Contrasts between the modern poetry and the poetry of the past; Dual nature of revolution; Difference between revolutionary beliefs and religious beliefs; Comparison between the reactionary criticism of revolutions and the liberal criticism of revolutions; His illustration of the spiritual state of poets when confronted with the disasters of modernity; View of the contribution of poetry to the reconstruction of a political thought.

Explores Walt Whitman's vision of the American Union. Interest in politics; View of the function of the poet; Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"; Problem of liberty and union; Whitman's portrait of the En-Masse which embraces all the pluralisms, economic, sectional, and ethnic of America at mid-century; Egalitarianism in Whitman's statements.

Comments on politics and budget in the U.S. Information about American Enterprise Institute, which was started in 1974 by a founder of the John Birch Society; Comment on a study prepared for the Republican National Committee which has suggested that it should finance a television show; Virtue of Romans; Comment on the connection between the free market and civil or political liberty.

Focuses on changes in trends of literature writing in the U.S. View that with the invention of printing the growth of literacy, and especially the appearance of a free market, literature seemed on the verge of total emancipation; Information that the penetration of academia by critics did not occur until a generation or two ago; Belief that Robert Frost was the first official writer-in-residence at any American college; Commitment of new critics to modernism and a hatred for the bourgeois middle.

Focuses on Colonel Moammar Qaddafi, the murderer, the maniac and The Soviet's man. View that he did not seem to care whether the terrorism was Black or Red, ultra right or ultra left, though his preference might shift as time went by; Report that his Tunisian venture in January 1980, ended in the first public trial of Qaddafiism ever held, revealing its deep roots in Mediterranean and global terrorism; Information on his famous foreign legion designed to destabilize Africa south of the Sahara and create a vast Libyan Empire; View that Qaddafi was motivated by more than a single-minded concern for Palestinian liberation; Information on his conference in Benghazi, Libya, for a unified plan of struggle against fascism and imperialism in the U.S.; Report that he co-sponsored an international gathering for the Palestine Liberation Organization in Portugal with the World Peace Council.

The article presents a discussion about liberalism relative to the course of the French Revolution, based from Robert Browning and William Wordsworth's poems and issues discussed by Democratic Socialists who met in Chicago. It emphasizes that the liberals of the United States today are not that optimistic about the country's situation compared to their ideals in the past.

The article presents information on the book "E.M. Forster at Eighty," by Jonathan Spence. E. M. Forster's scale of values is apparently so simple and so attractive that it is in constant danger of over-simplification or misrepresentation In the popular mind he is associated comfortably with liberalism, humanism and belief in personal relations; he maintains a sympathetic if distant interest in progressive movements; he continues to speak up for tolerance, courage and gaiety; he is the sort of courteous author whom Holden Caulfield would want to call up on the telephone.

Examines the role of the ideology of liberalism in politics. Argument that benevolence was one of the motives in liberalism; Attitude of liberals on progress, hinges on material complexity, moral uniformity, and economic interdependence; Argument that moral life, according to liberals, is not the pursuit of liberty and happiness, but it is the development of a single spirit in life all through a series of necessary phases, each higher than the preceding one; Merger between the notion of progress and universal evolution, dropping the element of liberty and improvement.

This article presents views of experts in Soviet Affairs on the fear in the Vatican's Secretariat of State, in the Sacred Congregation for the Eastern Church on effects of "de-Stalinization." Reliable information indicates that where dictator Joseph Stalin failed, leader Nikita Khrushchev may be beginning to succeed. The so-called collective leadership may be a more effective instrument than personal dictatorship was for exploiting the yearning for genuine religious faith and the desire for political freedom of the peoples within the Soviet orbit.

This article focuses on the role of commonwealth. When as a result of lndia's liberation, Asia gained a majority among the nations of the Commonwealth, many thought the Commonwealth was doomed to disintegrate. Almost the opposite has happened. The addition of India, Pakistan and Ceylon has given the Commonwealth new life and meaning. The Commonwealth is one of the few means by which one can hope to restore the unity of a world which is bitterly divided by quarrels over race and ideology. For it has members in almost every camp. There are still important differences of opinion inside the Commonwealth on some aspects of world affairs, and of course the Commonwealth countries are not all united even on their internal problems. But the important thing is that all the governments are agreed that such differences shall not prevent them from working together wherever cooperation is possible, that they will concentrate on what unites rather than divides them.

The article presents the author's views on the American freedom and liberties. In his opinion the American freedom was on the downgrade, as the liberties today are considerably more circumscribed than they were a century or a half-century ago. The core of the thesis which he conducted is that American freedom has never been as firmly established or as broadly shared as is the case today. Democracy in the U.S. on the basic level of political decisions was rule of numbers pure and simple. Unlike the situation in economic matters where the courts threw roadblocks in the way of direct democracy, there was little to protect the unpopular citizen from the wrath of his enraged neighbors.

Presents a narrative of the author regarding his trip to the Summerhill School, Suffolk, England with reference to books written by A.S. Neil. Acquaintance of the author with needlework teacher; Description of the physical site of the school; Comments on the trip to big beech tree; Account of the meeting of the author with the students; Details of a meeting with A.S. Neil; Discussion on children's anti-social behavior; Evaluation of the claim of the school that freedom works by evaluating individual happiness.

Discusses the political crisis faced by France under the leadership of President Charles de Gaulle due to transformations in the educational system and the economy in 1968. Discussion of the concept of French individualism; Definition of liberty; Examples of the social imbalance experienced by the country; Reason for the distrust of the French Communist Party toward the anarchist or federalist strains in French socialism.

Stresses that justifiable abhorrence of racial discrimination will result in legislation by which morals of the majority are self-righteously imposed upon a minority. Willingness of few proponents of civil rights legislation in the U.S. such as the Interstate Public Accommodations Act to discuss either the cost in freedom which must accompany it or why this particular departure from freedom of the individual choose with whom he will deal is justified; Disposition on the part of the proponents of the legislation to ignore the fact that it means a loss in a vital area of personal liberty; Arguments of the administration of U.S. President John F. Kennedy for the bill; Claim that there are few who favor racial equality who also perceive or are willing to give primacy to the value of freedom in the struggle to obtain racial equality.

This article discusses Richard Crossman's argument on American liberty and liberals. Mr. Richard Crossman, a recent traveler in the U.S. who has returned to inform the British readers of the "New Statesman" and "Nation" that freedom has vanished in America and the liberals are dead. Mr. Crossman's observations seem so superficial, and his conclusions so unsound, that it would be a disservice to permit them to intrude upon this celebration were it not that the half truths he voices serve to introduce legitimate doubts and questions worth asking whether or not the present national mood is illiberal is hardly debatable. But it points toward the significant question of whether the mood is permanent or subject to change.

Discusses the intentions of the so-called Irreconcilable senators who urged the nations of the world to an assembly at Washington for the establishment of a Concert of Nations on hosting conference towards peace by freedom. Comparison between the historical development of the U.S. and Great Britain; Focus of the resolution introduced by Maryland Senator Joseph Irwin France on the need for conciliation of nations so that they will not form hostile coalitions against the Western powers; Opposition of Irreconcilable senators on the Espionage law; Debate among senators on their foreign policies; Comparison of Connecticut Senator Frank Brandegee with Senators Philander Knox and Elihu Root; Members of the Irreconcilables.

The article discusses the assault of the freedom program of the federal government. It is fast becoming-one of the darkest blots on the nation's history. Never before has the United States Government instituted such a sustained assault upon the freedoms which it was designed to preserve and protect. The most effective technique yet devised for undermining individual liberties in the name of national security has been the use of the "reasonable doubt" standard. That standard, with its long and honorable legal history, has been so tortured in its application to loyalty probes as to bear no resemblance to its original form.

The article focuses on efforts of Washington to raise a standard of liberty within the U.S. to which other people might repair. It contributed aid equivalent to $870 for every American family when misery overseas threatened democracy. The country suffered 100,000 casualties in upholding the Charter of the United Nations in Korea. The government maintained that problems of Europe were superficial and subject to quick solution. Peace in Korea stands first on the agenda of hopes in 1952.

The article comments on the constitution of the U.S. The constitution's great guarantees of individual liberty are beginning to show some of the corrosive effects or thee passions and fears besetting the U.S. at mid-century. Those guarantees, written in broad terminology, derive much of their substance and effectiveness from the actions of the Supreme Court. The result is that the Court is slowly reading into the Constitution anti-libertarian attitudes that threaten the very foundation of the free society. The alarming situation on the Court is explainable primarily in terms of recent personnel changes. There is not now a majority of five or more judges who have the personal background, the judicial character or the singular devotion to the cause of human freedom that are essential to the judicial protection and growth of that freedom.

This article focuses on civil liberties. Protection of civil liberties is more important now than ever before. Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, when he called the United States "the strongest government on earth," in his first presidential inaugural address in 1801, was expressing his conviction that the strength of the little republic, hardly a quarter of a century old, lay in the uncontrolled energy of its free men. Laws were not needed against revolutionary agitators. Security of a country is ultimately based on the liberty of its people.