The new year will bring a new Congress and, soon after, a new occupant of the White House. City Journal began preparing for this moment in the summer of 2023, when we set out to create a roadmap for a more prosperous, hopeful American future. Looking toward the 2024 elections, we asked leading policy scholars and practitioners to examine some of the most pressing challenges facing American society and to present concrete reform proposals that could be readily implemented by the next presidential administration.

The result: a series of symposia offering prescriptions for rolling back DEI within the federal government; improving public safety and criminal justice; supercharging economic growth; combatting resurgent anti-Semitism; rehabilitating higher education; and addressing the nation’s tragic mental-health crisis.

These issues touch every American, and every American can benefit from a deeper understanding of the challenges the incoming administration faces and the realistic options that exist for addressing them. We can think of no better place to start than in the pages of City Journal.

If you would like to receive a printed copy of our collected symposia, please e-mail us.

Sincerely,

Brian C. Anderson
Editor, City Journal

 

How to Defeat Left-Wing Racialism

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Wade Miller Defund the Left

Dismantling taxpayer-funded supply lines is critical to defeating wokeness in the federal government.

Aug 09 2023
Dan Morenoff Mobilize the Department of Justice Against Racialist Discrimination

Two key initiatives would represent a starting point for reestablishing a commitment to equality for all.

Aug 09 2023
Ilya Shapiro Force Open Debate on Campus

Under the guise of promoting a welcoming campus environment, DEI offices are enforcing progressive ideology—external controls, tied to federal funding, are needed.

Aug 09 2023

A New Anticrime Agenda

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John M. MacDonald Understand—and Act On—the Realities of Criminal Offending

Facts and proven policies should guide effective reforms.

Nov 13 2023
Heather Mac Donald Tell the Truth About Law Enforcement and Crime

Until we relinquish the idea that policing activity against black criminals is racist, restoring law and order in our cities will be impossible.

Nov 13 2023
Rafael A. Mangual Learn from Past Successes on Gun Violence

Policing, prosecuting, and punishing criminal activity in high-crime areas makes a real difference.

Nov 14 2023

An Economic Agenda for the Next President

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Michael Gibson Restore American Innovation

The U.S. faces a crisis of ingenuity—but some straightforward policy changes can help turn things around.

Jan 31 2024
Stephen Miran How to “Build American” Right

Aggressive supply-side reforms would make producing in the U.S. much cheaper.

Feb 12 2024
Michael Lucci To Check China, Unlock American Industry

State and federal policies should defend the industrial power of free nations while defunding the technologies of totalitarianism.

Feb 13 2024

Fighting the Oldest Hate

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Reihan Salam Embrace Pluralism over Racialism

All of us, Jewish or not, have an interest in defeating the racialist ideology that enables anti-Semitism to flourish.

Apr 21 2024
Daniel Di Martino Stop Importing Foreign Hatred

America should be a haven for the virtuous and persecuted, not for the persecutors.

Apr 29 2024
Ilya Shapiro Abolish Anti-Semitic Student Groups

The government may prohibit even nonviolent “material support” for terrorist organizations, including legal support and other advice, without violating the First Amendment.

Apr 24 2024

Which Way the University

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John J. DiIulio, Jr. Third Time’s a Charm?

The latest wave of conservative critiques of elite universities might make a real difference.

Aug 26 2024
Wilfred M. McClay Free Speech Is Not Enough

A university is not just a stage for debate but an agency of cultural conservation.

Aug 26 2024
John Tierney DEI v. Science

The preference for dogma over scientific inquiry on campuses has become increasingly prevalent.

Aug 27 2024

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