The New Republic

:For other uses, see the disambiguation section.

Politics

Domestically, TNR supports policies first associated with the Democratic Leadership Council and such "New Democrats" as former-President Bill Clinton. These policies, while seeking to achieve the ends of traditional social welfare programs, often use market solutions as their means, and so are often called "business-friendly". Typical of some of the policies supported by both TNR and the DLC during the 1990s were increased funding for the Earned Income Tax Credit program and reform of the Federal welfare system.

Related Topics:
Democratic Leadership Council - New Democrats - Bill Clinton - Earned Income Tax Credit - Welfare

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Unsigned editorials prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq expressed strong support for military action, citing the threat of WMD as well as humanitarian concerns. Since the end of major military operations, unsigned editorials, while critical of the handling of the war, have continued to justify the invasion on humanitarian grounds, but no longer maintain that Iraq's nuclear weapons facilities posed any threat to the United States.

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While the New Republic is often considered a liberal, or neo-liberal, publication with a strong intellectual streak, some American progressives disagree with characterizing it as "liberal". They would instead use that term for magazines like The Nation and The Progressive. Most would say that, at least in the Peretz era, it is a centrist publication in the realms of foreign and economic policy but remains progressive on social issues.

Related Topics:
Neo-liberal - The Nation - The Progressive - Centrist - Foreign - Economic policy - Social issues

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Comparable conservative publications include National Review, Policy Review, and The Weekly Standard, which publish the intellectual writings of the American right.

Related Topics:
Conservative - National Review - Policy Review - The Weekly Standard - Right

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The magazine also has its own blog called &c., which is written by Noam Schreiber. The blog was first created in 2002 and was the magazine's first blog. Other blogs have followed, such as Iraq'd.

Related Topics:
Blog - Noam Schreiber - 2002

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