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 ...

Thursday, August 27, was the first day of the new normal, but it didn’t yet feel normal to any of us in Kyiv.

Imagine you’re looking for a nice place to have dinner, but all the “best restaurants” ranked by your local media outlets turn out to be in members-only country clubs. You’d probably think, “Hmmm, I ...

The best research universities driving American innovation aren’t just in blue states—and neither is the damage from Trump’s research cuts.

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 ...

Comparing Trump to Hitler is considered facile, a trivialization of genocide. But their rises to power are frighteningly similar.

For decades, “Wall Street” was America’s all-purpose byword for capitalist villainy. “Big tech” is now running it close, and for good reason. Silicon Valley has, in recent years, produced high-profile ...

Trump’s deficits and ballooning U.S. debt are rattling the bond market. Clinton’s approach to budget surpluses offer a ...

Brain Gain: Rural colleges train the talent their regions need to thrive. Here, Northeastern Oklahoma State University (number seven on our Best Colleges for Rural America ranking), in Tahlequah, ...

The universities that educate the majority of Americans are struggling. How college closures will reengineer America’s class system.

Voters are clear in their demand for greater affordability, with college costs near the top of their list. Here’s how to deliver it.