Domestic policy reforms can more effectively help American workers.
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 inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics
The Widening Racial Gap on Jobs and Wealth
Black Americans don’t just need more jobs. They need better paying ones.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
What White America Still Doesn’t Understand About Racism
A new survey finds a yawning gap between black and white perceptions about slavery’s lasting impacts.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
How One White Mayor Wants to Heal America’s Racial Divide
Inside former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s new non-profit aimed at addressing the roots of inequality.
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2019
Still Missing: The Women Wonks
Why are think tank panels are still dominated by men?
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Are Blue-Collar White Women Trump’s Red Wall?
They’re the one group whose support for impeachment isn’t growing.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Health Care, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Health Care’s Biggest Problem Is Getting Worse
And 2020 Democrats don’t have a plan to fix it.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
How 2020 Democrats Are Missing the Message on the Economy
The candidates have yet to tackle the growing problem of regional inequality.
Posted inCollege Guide, Education, Magazine, September/October 2019
The Pre-College Racket
Elite universities are making millions off summer programs for teens. What are they really selling?
Posted inCollege Guide, Education, Magazine, September/October 2018
An Innovative Fix for Rural Higher Education Deserts
Geography is a barrier to higher education for tens of millions of rural Americans. A few states have hit on an innovative solution.
