Are today’s young, Bernie-inspired leftist intellectuals really just New Deal liberals?
Gilad Edelman
Follow Gilad on Twitter @GiladEdelman . Gilad Edelman, a Washington Monthly contributing editor, is a politics writer for WIRED.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Jordan Peterson’s Crackpot Sex Theories Are Pure Reagonomics
The men’s rights movement uses supply-and-demand mythology to justify its dangerous attack on women’s rights.
Posted inBooks, Featured
Both Parties Didn’t Give Us Trump
Blaming Trump’s rise on partisan gridlock masks just how ruthlessly the GOP set the stage for his demagoguery.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Is It Kosher for D.C. Buses to Ban Ads from the Catholic Church?
A Washington, D.C. policy bans ads with religious messages from public transit. Is that constitutional? Supreme Court precedent says yes and no.
Posted inApril/May/June 2018, Cover, Magazine
Planet Earth Gets a Ground Game
Political operative Nathaniel Stinnett’s brilliantly simple plan to turn out environmental voters.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Jeff Sessions Just Handed Democrats an Amazing Opportunity
His decision to crack down on weed in states where it’s legal has tied the Trump administration to a deeply unpopular position.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
The Misguided GOP Attack on Government Bureaucrats
The government really is wasting taxpayers’ money, just not on bureaucrats. It’s the contractors that people should be pissed about.
Posted inCover, Economy, Magazine, November/December 2017, The Monopolized Economy
The Democrats Confront Monopoly
Taking on corporate concentration has gone from a fringe idea to a key plank of the party’s strategy. Here’s how that happened—and why it matters.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
A College Adviser in Every School
Poor kids need college admissions help the most but get it the least. This injustice can be solved without breaking the bank.
Posted inMagazine
Trump’s Plan to Make Government Slower, Costlier, and More Dysfunctional
Slashing federal employees doesn’t save money. It just makes the government more dependent on private contractors and more prone to colossal screw-ups.
