He oriented his presidential campaign around lower- and middle-income Americans and placed rural communities squarely at the ...

The November/December issue of the Washington Monthly print magazine, "How the Democrats Can Go On Offense," is here.

The president uses government leverage to extract equity stakes, profit-sharing deals, and special voting rights from major corporations. These are familiar tools—but Trump’s unchecked dealmaking ...

In "The Second Estate," Boston College law professor Ray Madoff argues that America’s tax code has birthed a modern ...

Yes, AI is disrupting entry-level work. But don’t mistake short-term chaos for collapse. The college wage premium still holds ...

In After the Spike, two economists make a provocative case that population decline could stall innovation and human progress.

His paternal grandfather’s life had also splintered in middle age, when a scandal derailed his career as a minister. For ...

In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.

Biden policies put the U.S. in a strong position, but Trump is destroying the American battery industry and good American jobs. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media ...

Tim Wu’s "The Age of Extraction" argues that Big Tech’s dominance is squeezing businesses, distorting markets, and destabilizing democracy.

Biden policies put the U.S. in a strong position, but Trump is destroying the American battery industry and good American jobs. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media ...

Biden policies put the U.S. in a strong position, but Trump is destroying the American battery industry and good American jobs. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media ...