What We Do Now

American politics has been shaken on two fronts. The MAGA movement is on the rise again, while the Democratic Party struggles to find its footing, and a lot of people are left unsure where to turn, morally or politically. What We Do Now is meant as a guide for that moment.

The book gathers essays by a group of prominent thinkers, edited by Leopold Froehlich. Each takes on a pressing problem facing the country, among them the cost of housing, climate change, artificial intelligence and immigration, along with other issues of the day.

Taken together, the contributors argue for ambitious policies and strategies, including ways to carry out dissent that the Constitution protects. Their aim is to help readers who feel disoriented find a direction at a time when the country's democratic traditions are being disrupted as never before.