Hurricanes. Terrorism. Identity theft. DOGE’s year-long campaign of destruction has left all of us more vulnerable to threats. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media ...

Hurricanes. Terrorism. Identity theft. DOGE’s year-long campaign of destruction has left all of us more vulnerable to threats.

If El-Sayed believes only the good polls and not the bad, he may wrongly conclude he need not adjust to woo swing voters.

Hakeem Jeffries is betting that moderates can unite the party around progressive policies while keeping their distance from socialism.

U.S. colleges are losing their edge as cuts, high costs, fewer international students, and departing scholars weaken American universities.

Hurricanes. Terrorism. Identity theft. DOGE’s year-long campaign of destruction has left all of us more vulnerable to threats.

Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission: To preserve democracy and champion good governance through honest journalism and ...

A Times journalist lifts the lid on the obituary desk. But when anyone can publish a life, who still needs the Gray Lady’s last word?

Sign up for the Washington Monthly newsletter to get our stories in your inbox. Opt out any time. A veteran Times obituarist lifts the lid on the death desk. But in an age when anyone can publish a ...

The new law attacks barriers to housing construction. The president still has enormous power to determine who can afford to own.

Congress finally created workforce Pell Grants. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.

Public Policy Polling’s surveys have repeatedly come close to the results of 2026 Democratic primaries, even as other polls ...