Data Over Dogma: A case for criminal justice reforms that follow the facts. Pictured here, a Washington Metropolitan Police Department vehicle moves through an intersection with lights and sirens Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington.

Where Left and Right Both Go Wrong on Crime

by Keith Humphreys March 23, 2026March 24, 2026

The most promising ways to make America’s streets safer unsettle ideologues on both sides. Maybe that’s why we aren’t pursuing them.

Evolution, Televised: A new biography traces Tucker Carlson’s rise. Here, Carlson speaks before then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

Books

Tucker Carlson’s Long, Strange Trip

by Jacob Heilbrunn February 27, 2026

Featured

Honoring the Best of Nonfiction Book Reviewing

by The Editors February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Books

Before the Revolution

by Christoph Irmscher February 2, 2026

MAGA new right. A furious mind: Nick Fuentes right-wing podcaster, center, speaks in front of flags that say, "America First," at a pro-Trump march, Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington.

Magazine

The Unraveling Right

by David Austin Walsh January 29, 2026February 3, 2026

Magazine

Inside the Fight to Revive American Civics

by Richard D. Kahlenberg January 15, 2026February 3, 2026

Magazine

Amnesty Transactional

by Garrett Epps January 14, 2026February 3, 2026

New York, 1981: A graffiti-covered subway car before the turnaround in Back from the Brink.

Magazine

How New York City Got Safe

by Michael Javen Fortner January 1, 2026February 3, 2026

Magazine

The Kalven Trap

by Christoph Irmscher December 11, 2025February 3, 2026

Magazine

The Scandal About Scandals

by Noah Berlatsky December 10, 2025February 3, 2026

Law and Justice

“ICE Is Too Bloated, Politicized, and Corrupt to Continue”

Mike Lofgren, the author, budget expert, and Monthly contributing writer, explains why a new Congress couldn’t simply fix Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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by David Masciotra March 26, 2026March 26, 2026

Law and Justice

In Kentucky, Impeachment Threatens Judicial Independence

The state’s legislature, echoing Trump, could oust a judge not for misconduct such as accepting a bribe, but for her opinions from the bench.

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by Joshua A. Douglas March 26, 2026

Politics

Don’t Pin Trump’s Iran War on Netanyahu (Or Israel. Or the Jews.)

Joe Kent’s resignation letter is not a noble protest but an anti-Semitic screed that liberals shouldn’t echo.

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by Bill Scher March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

Politics

Gavin Newsom’s Tragic Mistake on Homelessness

In his all but certain presidential run, the California governor will be haunted by his noble pledge to provide permanent housing for the homeless, and his failure to give them temporary shelter.

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by Gillen Tener Martin March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

Podcast

Trump’s Not-So-Great Health Care Plan

Instead of making health care more affordable, Trump’s recently announced one-page plan is likely to raise costs and reduce coverage, says Georgetown University policy expert Edwin Park.

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by Anne Kim March 25, 2026