Leans left
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Founded in 1914 as a journal of progressive thought, The New Republic has moved considerably over its history, from Cold War liberalism through a contrarian period in the 1990s to its current position clearly on the left.
Its long-form essays are read across the spectrum by people who follow the internal arguments of American liberalism. Critics on the right say it has abandoned the heterodoxy that once made it interesting; critics on the left say it took far too long to do so.