The small but growing trend of co-op media outlets could be the future of local news.
Matt Connolly
Matt Connolly works for a labor union in Washington, D.C. Previously he was an editor at the Washington Monthly.
Posted inBooks, January/February/March 2020, Magazine, Main
How D.C. Shaped Basketball
Journalist John McNamara was writing the definitive history of D.C. high school basketball, until a mass murderer walked into his newsroom.
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2019
Why We Started Paying Our Interns
It all began with a disastrous job interview.
Posted inMagazine, September/October 2016
Labor of Love
Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell thinks his work college model can thrive in cities across the country. But can it work without him?
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
The Real Reason Middle America Should Be Angry – Inside the March/April/May Issue of the Washington Monthly
March/April/May 2016 Table of Contents Message to Millennials: Bernie Sanders Is Intellectually Consistent, Not Intellectually Honest By Paul Glastris Tilting at Windmills Trump’s better vowels, Sanders’s better consonants… The oppo researcher’s trash can… The soft bigotry of Ivy League football… By Ben Wallace-Wells Ten Miles Square God Save the Scene D.C. punk has thrived for […]
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April/May 2016
God Save the Scene
D.C. punk has thrived for decades with the help of churches, activists, and even the library. Can it survive the city’s rapid redevelopment?
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Vote from Home, Save Your Country – Inside the January/February Issue of the Washington Monthly
January/February 2016 Table of Contents We Can Change America’s Political Map by Letting Voters Mail It In By Paul Glastris Talk of the Toons By The Editors Features Lettuce Pray A consolidated food industry brings you salad and chicken nuggets cheaper—and spreads deadly food-borne pathogens farther. By Anne Kim Benefits for the Rest of Us […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Throwback Thursday: College Football Coaches, the Ultimate 1 Percent
This week’s throwback is a selfish one, considering it’s my own story from earlier this year. But after the University of Missouri football team joined other campus activists in protest and helped oust the school president, and with other college protests very much in the news, it’s worth taking a look back at how college […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Regional Inequality Is Out of Control — Inside the November/December Issue of the Washington Monthly
November/December 2015 Table of Contents Editor’s Note: America’s Forgotten Formula for Economic Equality By Paul Glastris Tilting at Windmills Jesters want the throne … Bureaucrats with jet packs … Just ask JFK. By Michelle Cottle Talk of the Toons By the Editors Features Confessions of a Paywall Journalist Thanks to a booming trade press, lobbyists […]
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2015
Drive By
How companies like Uber work around regulations, avoid paying taxes, and shaft their workers.
