Liberties
is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.
In the Fall 2025 issue:
Jackson Arn
on the mindless expansion of art museums;
David Greenberg
on the nonsense of “neoliberalism”;
Ryan Ruby
on literary canons here and elsewhere;
Julia Kieserman
on privacy and the pill;
Vanessa Garcia
on love and first responders;
Henry Oliver
on Shakespeare’s mothers;
Cass R. Sunstein
on what AI cannot do, now or ever;
James P. Rubin
on the Democrats and the fight for American foreign policy;
Michael Walzer
on unlikely meetings with uncommonly interesting people;
Paul Reitter
on Marx’s adventures in mimesis;
Paul North
on the inner life of things made and traded;
Anna Ballan
on womanly ecstasy according to Charlotte Brontë;
Robert Rubsam
on Yasunari Kawabata’s art of distance;
Didi Tal
on “I Am an American Day”;
Yahia Lababidi
on the startling intensity of Blaise Pascal;
Fateme Karimkhan
in Tehran under fire;
Celeste Marcus
on the revolutionary synagogue; and
Leon Wieseltier
on the shopkeeper who gave him the gift of doubt.
As well as poetry from
John Berryman
and
Myles Zavelo
.
features essays from leading op—ed writers and scholars, award—winning writers, the next generation’s rising talent, and poets from around the world—there’s a reason why cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and engaged citizens from across the political and cultural spectrum read and cherish