Follow David on Twitter @DavidOAtkins. David Atkins is a Washington Monthly contributing writer, activist, and research professional living in Santa Barbara as well as an elected DNC Member from California. He is president of The Pollux Group, a qualitative research firm.
A dramatic technological change makes the case for curbing extreme wealth even more formidable.
The real crisis is the collapse of undergraduate interest in the humanities.
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A dramatic technological change makes the case for curbing extreme wealth even more formidable.
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Nicolás Maduro is in American custody. With that simple fact, the Western Hemisphere’s geopolitical landscape has irrevocably shifted. The United States has crossed a threshold, trading years of sanctions and diplomatic pressure for swift, decisive military action. This is a historic pivot, a moment that will be studied for decades, not only for its impact on Venezuela but for what it signals about the future of American power in its hemisphere. In a recent conversation, my friend, Leopoldo López, the Venezuelan opposition leader in exile, cut straight to the core of this complex reality. He reinforced the U.S. administration’s framing…
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A modest proposal for how the justices can do the right thing and be true to themselves as they decide the fate of independent agencies.
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A historical reconstruction of the Big Apple’s crime decline, told from inside the institutions responsible for public safety.
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My personal admiration for her Proustian writing and her Job-like mother.
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As federal agents sought to arrest a Mexican national during a state court hearing, Judge Dugan let him use an exit usually reserved for jurors, and the DOJ literally made a federal case out of it. Her conviction should be set aside.
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