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Winter 2026 Print Edition
In this issue
The Ephemeral Presidency
Rollback Racket
For Democrats, a New Way to Make Health Care Affordable
The Real Cause of Grade Inflation
Education
Colleges Are Finally Confronting Their Outcomes Data
Call it denial: Many in higher education were hesitant to use data that provided insights into students’ post-graduation earnings. Why grief, acceptance, and even enthusiasm will follow.
Politics
Cocky Iran Hawks Forget the History of Blowback
Bombing Iran may be the easy part. What hawks refuse to reckon with is everything that comes next.
Podcast
Could New Orleans Be the Model for Fixing Public Schools?
A new documentary by the author of Reinventing Government shows how one of the nation’s worst school districts became the fastest improving.
The Republicans Who Could Save Democracy | Andrew Seligsohn and Sarah Bryner – Washington Monthly
- The Republicans Who Could Save Democracy | Andrew Seligsohn and Sarah Bryner
- How New Orleans Fixed Its Schools | David Osborne
- Gen Z's Problem with "Fake" News | Chuck Salter
- Why Democrats need to win back rural voters | Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown
- A promising new strategy to end super PACs and dark money in politics | Lawrence Lessig
Law and Justice
England Respects the Rule of Law. Why Don’t We?
Our president gets total immunity while a leading royal is arrested.
The Monopolized Economy
Another War, Another Excuse for Profiteering
Every energy crisis is a windfall for oil refiners—and consumers pay the price.
Health Care
Reform on Ice
Trump’s undeclared war in the Middle East postpones the much-needed debate over health care affordability—the #1 issue bedeviling average Americans.
Russia’s War on Ukraine
Ukraine: Requiem for a Citizen Soldier
My friend, an entrepreneur turned exemplary officer, was killed in action in eastern Ukraine this year. Like his comrades, he knew what he was fighting for.
Books
Tucker Carlson’s Long, Strange Trip
From bow-tied neocon to flannel-clad conspiracist, a once-talented writer becomes a promulgator of MAGA bilge.
Higher Ed Q&A
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