While Trump promises a “golden age” through punishing tariffs and flashy deals, other countries are learning to play him—and building a global trading system that leaves America behind.
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.
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An Economic Crisis Is Inevitable
Economist Rob Shapiro warns that Trump’s policies and threats to the Fed could push the U.S. into a severe recession.
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Supreme Court or Supreme Enablers?
A lopsided spate of unsigned rulings in favor of the Trump Administration betrays the Court’s bias and its abdication of the rule of the law.
Posted inPolitics
Building Wealth: How “Trump Accounts” Wrecked a Great Idea
The idea of federally funded accounts that boost wealth has been kicking around left-and-right policy circles since the ‘90s. Trump’s just-passed version makes a mess of this once-promising notion.
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LGBTQ Rights Are More Precarious Than Ever
Conservative activists are successfully weaponizing trans rights issues as a wedge to undermine LGBTQ progress more broadly.
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Ep. 13: The Hot (or Not) New Theory of “Abundance Liberalism” | w/ Paul Glastris and Nate Weisberg
The “Abundance” movement is catching fire among Democrats as an economic paradigm shift that could unleash prosperity and revive the Democratic Party’s brand. Its major focus is regulatory reforms to free up bottlenecks in the construction of new housing, infrastructure, and sources of energy. But is it enough? Washington Monthly Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris and Editor Nate Weisberg think not. On the latest episode of the Washington Monthly podcast, they share their critique with contributing editor Anne Kim.
Posted inNovember/December 2024
The Tyranny of the Welfare Queen
For decades, the conversation about social services in America has centered on a false and harmful stereotype about who deserves help.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Is Coming for Birthright Citizenship
The Republican presidential nominee wants to wipe away the 156-year-old guarantee that if you’re born here, you’re American. Don’t think he can’t.
Posted inPolitics
Idea for Harris: An Opportunity Agenda for Gen X
The vice president’s economic plan has many good things for Millennial families. But there’s more that could help those in Gen X
Posted inCollege Guide
Escape from Higher Ed’s Bermuda Triangle
Two decades ago, reformers introduced effective new ways to help college students lost in the vortex of “remedial” education classes. But progress stalled. Time to finish the revolution.
