The “war on poverty” once animated voters. Now we’ll be lucky if Biden’s child tax credit survives.
Anne Kim
Anne Kim is a Senior Editor at Washington Monthly and the author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor (New Press, 2024). Anne is also a Senior Fellow at FutureEd and the author of Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection, winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. Anne is on Bluesky @anne-s-kim.bsky.social.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Quit Moping: Democrats Had a Great Record in 2021
Despite inflation, the Biden economic boom is on. Shots are getting in arms. We’re out of Afghanistan. Now, if Democrats can just get their swagger back.
Posted inPolitics
The Washington Monthly’s Groundbreaking Ideas and Reporting
From reviving the antitrust movement to exposing a Republican governor’s self-enrichment, this little magazine does it all.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
No More Kindly Uncle Joe: Why Biden Should Call Out Red-State Governors on COVID
With the arrival of the Omicron variant, Biden should declare war on Republican governors who are blocking reasonable mask and vaccine mandates. It’s good policy and good politics.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Hey, Democrats: Don’t Rush the Build Back Better Bill
A time-out would allow the party to hone a message that’s not working, make the measure better, and get maximum bounce from the more popular infrastructure legislation.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
McAuliffe Needs Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill—Now
If House progressives drop their opposition, Biden will sign it quickly. That may save the Virginia governorship for the Democrats.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Danger of Progressives Demonizing Moderates
Ron Kind is a low-drama, hardworking Democratic congressman. No wonder there’s no place for centrists like him in Congress.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Case for a Smaller Reconciliation Bill
Democrats shouldn’t obsess about $3.5 trillion or curse Joe Manchin. Smaller still gets you a lot—and it’s easier to sell.
Posted inFeatured, Higher Education, Political Animal
Americans Are Growing Increasingly Skeptical of Four-Year College
A new survey finds that adults care more about online certification and job training than the traditional campus experience.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2021
AP’s Equity Face-Plant
Expanding advanced placement was supposed to reduce racial disparities in college. It’s had the opposite effect.
