After the Supreme Court struck down key Trump tariffs, he’s escalating his trade war—risking higher deficits, inflation, and slower growth.

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A new documentary by the author of Reinventing Government shows how one of the nation’s worst school districts became the fastest improving. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent ...

A new documentary by the author of Reinventing Government shows how one of the nation’s worst school districts became the fastest improving. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent ...

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A new documentary by the author of Reinventing Government shows how one of the nation’s worst school districts became the fastest improving.

A new documentary by the author of Reinventing Government shows how one of the nation’s worst school districts became the fastest improving. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent ...

Despite the Supreme Court rebuke, his compulsion to tax imports is unabated and poses large-scale risks for the economy.  Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization ...

A liberal arts education is often derided, but the humanities promote the kind of critical thinking that’s needed in an AI world.

I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson, and we became friends. The cynics didn’t get how he fused moral simplicity and political ...

Trump has no authority to run federal elections. In this year’s midterms, the big threat to democracy is apathy and complacency.

My friend, an entrepreneur turned officer, was killed in action in eastern Ukraine. Like his comrades, he knew what he was ...