YouTuber ContraPoints explains how the far right came to dominate political discussion on YouTube.
Bill Scher argues that Bernie Sanders’ new “Medicare-for-All” bill can’t circumvent a treacherous legislative battle on popularity alone.
Jazz pianist Aaron Goldberg on the importance of human connection in both music performance and the industry itself.
Glenn Loury and Penn Law professor Amy Wax weigh two opposing approaches in current education policy.
Historian William R. Black explains how Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest came to replace Robert E. Lee as an icon of white dominance in the Neo-Confederate movement. Plus: Alternate histories of the South.
Penn Law professor Amy Wax identifies the bourgeois habits and virtues extolled in her controversial recent op-ed. Plus: Are upper-middle class values “superior”?
Bill Scher explains why Democrats can’t seem to harness populist energy on the left or right. Plus: Trump’s last refuge.
Josh Summers asks Stephen Asma, author of the new book The Evolution of Imagination, why he thinks dreams are like “proto-consciousness.”
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and film editor Michael Sweeney speculate on possible conclusions to the series. Plus: Spoiler alert!
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss why Democrats are unwilling to compromise on Trump’s proposed U.S.–Mexico border wall.