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John Patrick Leary

John Patrick Leary is a columnist at The New Republic and author of Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism (Haymarket Books 2019). His writing has also appeared in Guernica, The New Inquiry, and The Baffler.
Politics

What Does the Term ‘Conservative’ Even Mean?

This new Keywords column breaks it down.
Politics

What to Know About Neoliberalism

It’s a hard term to pin down because it shapes our lives in so many ways.
Politics

How Companies Misuse the Word 'Natural'

It's a marketing term that is largely unregulated by the federal government.
Politics

What We Get Wrong About Social Class in the U.S.

Our definitions of “working class” and “middle class” are deeply confused.
Justice

Why Is the U.S. So Obsessed With the Concept of ‘Resilience’?

We’ve built our political system around the need to endure hardship.