The GOP continues to supply more of the policies that are destroying its base.
Stephanie Mencimer
Stephanie Mencimer is a senior reporter at Mother Jones and a Washington Monthly contributing editor.
Posted inFeatured, Magazine, November/December 2019
Was I Too Hard on the Mormons? Nope.
In 2001, I argued they were a regressive force in American life. Despite their opposition to Donald Trump, they still are.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2019
Democrats Need More Than Demographic Change to Win
Why the GOP’s inevitable demographic demise may not be so inevitable.Â
Posted inApril/May/June 2019, Books, Magazine
John Roberts: Boy In The Bubble
The chief justice has made a career of undoing progress on civil rights and ignoring the consequences.
Posted inBooks, January/February/March 2019, Magazine
It’s Time for Some Blunt Talk on Weed
As the marijuana movement races ahead, are we ignoring the drug’s real risks?
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2018
Republicans vs. Democracy
Why the war on minority voting rights is about to get even worse.
Posted inBooks, Featured, January/February/March 2018, Magazine
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Babysitters
Gender discrimination in the workplace begins earlier than you think.
Posted inLaw and Justice, Magazine, November/December 2013
The War of Rape
What happened to Jamie Leigh Jones in Iraq?
Posted inMagazine
The Courts
here are few areas of public policy where the impact of the presidential election will be quite as stark as the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court. The next president could potentially appoint two or three new justices in a single term, giving the winning candidate the opportunity to radically reshape the Court for a […]
Posted inMagazine
Objection, Your Honor
or years, authors like Philip K. Howard, Walter Olson, and ABCs John Stossel have churned out books declaring that lawsuits and the liberal lawyers who bring them are driving the country to ruin. They argue that the country is suffering from a collective abandonment of personal responsibility that has resulted in millions of citizens ready […]
