Fixing the Red State Problem
Crushing monopolies is key to securing a sustainable political future.
How Democrats Solve Their Geography Problem
A special two-part Washington Monthly feature package.
How to Close the Democrats’ Rural Gap
Forget Trump’s tariffs. Big Ag is driving a new farm crisis.
To Take Back the Map, Democrats Need a Plan to Revive Heartland Cities
The clustering of growth in a few coastal metro areas is partly to blame for the rise of GOP minority rule.
Check Your Coastal Urban Privilege
If affluent liberals want to avoid a permanent GOP dictatorship, they need to reform a system that benefits them but screws everybody else.
Successes of Philanthropy
When grantmakers in the Washington, DC area grappled with the national scourge of police-involved killings, they found something much deeper: A model for philanthropists to understand racism and work for racial justice.
The Cleveland Foundation has a bold vision: To make the arts as accessible as sports in every Cleveland neighborhood.
College Guide
Washington Monthly's 2018 College Guide and Rankings Issue Is Out! How'd Your Alma Mater Do?
Our guide features the first-ever rankings of best and worst colleges for vocational certificates.
Politics
This Is Mitch McConnell's Shutdown
By framing the government shutdown as a duel between Trump and Pelosi, news organizations are ignoring one of the biggest agents of the impasse.
Education
The Department of Education Needs a Researcher On Its Rule-Making Panel
How else can the agency gauge how colleges might respond to major changes in federal policies?
The Monopolized Economy
Why Some Kids Might Get Their Presents Late This Christmas
America’s railroads are far more monopolized and even less regulated than they were a century ago.
Books
Taking the Monopoly Threat Seriously
Louis Brandeis, the legendary jurist, warned of the spiritual and political costs of economic concentration. Today, that’s more relevant than ever.
Economy
Amazon's HQ2 Will Get a Tax Break Designed to Help the Poor
A provision in Trump’s tax cut means we’re all helping to pay Jeff Bezos’s tab.
Health Care
John Boehner Is Now Leading the Charge to Privatize the VHA
The broader assault on the agency is designed to sap public trust in government.
Special Report
Successes of Philanthropy
