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What’s happening at The New Republic

From The New Republic’s 100th anniversary edition, Franklin Foer on the story of how The New Republic invented modern liberalism. From Vox, Ezra Klein on how even the liberal New Republic needs to change (and a response by Jonathan Chait). Corey Robin on the problem with The New Republic. Charles Pierce on the lingering death of The New Republic. David Greenberg on what we lost with the loss of the New Republic. David Weigel on how #disruption broke The New Republic. Should the disruptive Silicon Valley overlords be welcomed? Scott Lemieux wonders. Leah Finnegan on how white men upset wrong white man placed in charge of white-man magazine. Max Fisher on The New Republic and the Beltway media's race problem. Ta-Nehisi Coates on how when you run cover stories questioning the intelligence of 40 million people, because of their skin color, some among them tend to remember. TN/RNS: Tailored for smart, curious, socially aware readers, TN/RNS covers politics, culture and big ideas from a #rns perspective. Seth Stevenson on how staff changes at The New Republic expose the fault lines of modern journalism. John Cook: “I think the new republic will be amazing under @gabrielsnyder and he is awesome”. Is there a Peter Principle for investors? What's happening at the New Republic might be a parable about successful investors moving into less successful areas of endeavor. Jesse Walker on how history repeats itself at The New Republic. The old journalism and the new: Ross Douthat on what the fate of The New Republic reveals. Ken Doctor on T.N.R.'s peril: Losing the intangible of stature before it can find its future. The New Republic will not publish the issue that had been slated to hit shelves on December 15, following Friday's mass resignation by top editors and contributors. Chris Hughes on crafting a sustainable New Republic: “If you really care about an institution and want to make it strong for the ages, you don’t walk out”.