For years, American politics have been defined by the the rapid advance of an enemy — variously labeled as “wokeness,” DEI, the “civil rights regime,” the deep state, and more — and the occasional, often ineffective pushback of Republicans. With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, that enemy seems clearly in retreat.
Have we really won? Is the Right simply letting its guard down? Leading conservative voices weigh in here.
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Intellectual Conservatism Needs Fighters to Survive
Must conservatives play nicely with their liberal colleagues, while we critique and castigate each other whenever and however we please?
The Reader Forum: “The System Keeping Affirmative Action Alive”
The courts have ruled, the presidents have rotated, and the affirmative action regime has adapted to every one of them.
Norman Podhoretz (1930–2025)
Norman was proud of what he had accomplished, but was he a great man? He wasn’t asking me. He was looking heavenward.
Trump v. Affirmative Action
Many now believe that, after generations of persistence, affirmative action is finally about to die. They're wrong.
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Republicans Aren’t Striking While the Iron Is Hot
The party's failure to build on Trump's momentum will allow the woke regime to reorganize and strike back even harder.
Elite Holdouts Will Keep Wokeness Alive
Pockets of wokeness among the elite will enable the threat to reemerge once the horrors of the last few years have faded from memory.
Wokeism Was Defeated in November
Josh Hammer argues the combination of Trump's use of power and the public's abandonment of wokeness means the enemy really is defeated.