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It Was Never a Civil War

The threat posed by Trump and the MAGA movement, like the Confederate States, is not “conservative” or even “extremist” but criminally anti-democratic. 

by Michael Podhorzer February 20, 2024February 20, 2024

One Hundred Years of Dictator Worship

by Rosa Brooks

A Presidents’ Day Reminder That Presidents Are Not Kings

by Elizabeth B. Wydra and Nina Henry

The Washington Monthly Newsletter: February 15, 2024

by Bill Scher

Charlie Peters Was Always About Hope

by Jon Meacham

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One Hundred Years of Dictator Worship

For the past century, the American right has fawned over foreign autocrats, from Kaiser Wilhelm to Vladimir Putin.

by Rosa Brooks February 20, 2024February 19, 2024

A Presidents’ Day Reminder That Presidents Are Not Kings

by Elizabeth B. Wydra and Nina Henry February 19, 2024February 19, 2024

It’s Time for Biden to Learn from Reagan and Go All “Morning in America”

by Bill Scher February 15, 2024February 14, 2024

Why the Supreme Court Should Promptly Reject Trump’s Immunity Claim

by Peter M. Shane February 14, 2024February 14, 2024

Politics

Why Hur’s Gratuitous Smear of Biden Is a Study in Prosecutorial Abuse

The special counsel investigating the president’s handling of classified documents embarrasses himself and the Justice Department.

by James D. Zirin February 14, 2024February 13, 2024

The Washington Monthly Newsletter: February 13, 2024

by Bill Scher February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

Surviving Joe Biden’s Brain Freezes

by Jonathan Alter February 12, 2024February 15, 2024

McDaniel, Out as RNC Chair, Learns That Loyalty to Trump is Never Returned

by Margaret Carlson February 10, 2024February 9, 2024

The Monopolized Economy

Keep Your Wits About You in 2024

How not to get spooked by the panic of the media herd.

by Paul Glastris December 31, 2023January 2, 2024

The New Gold Rush in Advertising Is Your Shopping List

by Karina Montoya June 12, 2023June 9, 2023

A New Vision for a Just Financial System

by Carter Dougherty May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

How to Stop Vulture Funds From Killing Local News

by Steven Waldman April 4, 2023April 10, 2023

January/February/March 2024 Print Edition

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How Fighting Monopoly Can Save Journalism

The collapse of the news industry is not an inevitable consequence of technology or market forces. It’s the result of policy mistakes over the past 40 years that the Biden administration is already taking measures to fix.

by Phillip Longman January 16, 2024January 17, 2024

How to Fix the Supreme Court  

The time has come to connect popular anger over the conservative supermajority with concrete ideas for reform.

by Rob Wolfe January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Showdown at Railroad Valley

As lawmakers push for more domestic mining of critical minerals, they risk making the most retrograde federal law on the books even worse.

by Haley Sweetland Edwards January 16, 2024January 24, 2024

The Sick Man of North America

American far-right terrorism may be on the rise, but its roots go back to Reconstruction.

by Anne Nelson January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Putin’s History Lessons

The Russian leader has convinced his countrymen that Russia and Ukraine were always one, laying the rhetorical groundwork for a forever war.  

by Lauren Wolfe January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Education

Canceling Liz Magill Will Be Bad News for Free Speech

The firing of University of Pennsylvania is bad for free speech and will also hurt those combattingg antisemitism.

by Jonathan Zimmerman December 11, 2023December 11, 2023

Against University Statements

by Lara Schwartz October 27, 2023October 27, 2023

Biden Takes On Bad Colleges Trump Protected

by Robert Kelchen October 2, 2023October 2, 2023

How the Military Can Save Affirmative Action

by Will Norris August 27, 2023August 28, 2023

Books

After a Decade of Left-Populism, What Have We Learned About Political Change?

Two new books size up the accomplishments, and the agonies, of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.

by Bill Scher January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Confessions of an HBCU Grad

by Terry Edmonds January 16, 2024January 17, 2024

Ulysses S. Grant’s Forgotten War

by Allen C. Guelzo January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

The Bleak, All But-Forgotten World of Segregated Virginia

by Garrett Epps November 8, 2023November 7, 2023

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