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A fictional but plausible dispatch from 2027 shows why Trump’s rolling coup against the midterms will likely fail.

Last week, Republican TV personality and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt appeared to be one of the two candidates ...

Trump's refusal to reauthorize FISA Section 702 unless it’s linked to a voter suppression bill leaves America vulnerable to terrorist attack.

Nicholas Lemann’s family history illuminates what it means to be Jewish in America and explains how we choose our identities.

Voter turnout under California’s vote-at-home system was off-the-charts. That’s a far more important story than waiting a week for results.

Research suggests that whether it’s an obituary, a puff piece, or news of a community event, local news makes us feel less alone.

From ancient Greece to New Deal America to today’s Hungary, democracies have found ways to separate private fortunes from public power. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media ...

Rule by the rich may look inevitable, but history shows it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America to today’s Hungary, democracies have found ways to separate private fortunes from public power ...

Trump’s Iran war deal hurts his “Art of the Deal” image. But Netanyahu’s military-first strategy has left Israel isolated and Iran stronger.

Samuel Moyn’s Gerontocracy in America treats old age as the central crisis of modern politics. The framing obscures more than it explains.

Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then President Trump cut them loose.