The Liberal in Crisis

Honduran migrants, part of a caravan heading to the United States, walk along a road in Camotan, Guatemala on Jan. 16, 2021. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Back in 1966, liberalism never seemed better. The Civil Rights Movement had just concluded with the triumphant passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. Great Society programs such as the War on Poverty promised to curb other forms of inequity, too, with social servants showing the wisdom of the state in fixing what the market couldn’t.