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Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It by Samuel Moyn, Macmillan, 288 pp.

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Are the Elderly Holding America Back?

by Noah Berlatsky June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

Thomas Lemann, father of author Nicholas Lemann, circa 1970s.

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The Return of the Native

by Matthew Cooper June 11, 2026June 15, 2026

Kukula Kapoor Glastris (1958-2017)

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The Washington Monthly Announces Finalists for 2026 Kukula Award Book Review Prize

by The Editors June 8, 2026June 8, 2026

Case Reopened: Mary Todd Lincoln—widow of Abraham Lincoln, pictured here circa 1846—was scorned by her country and put on trial. Now, she’s been given a new lease on legacy

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Mary Todd Lincoln Reconsidered

by Sara Bhatia June 5, 2026August 14, 2026

American Nazis: The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy By Steven J. Ross Bloomsbury 416 pp.

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The First American Nazi Infiltrators

by Christoph Irmscher May 20, 2026May 19, 2026

How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University By Theo Baker

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Fear and Loathing in Palo Alto

by Alex Bronzini-Vender May 19, 2026May 29, 2026

The Wage Standard and Minimum Wage

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The Affordability Crisis Is a Wage Crisis

by Jacob Fuller April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

After The Fall: Repression, cynicism, and fear have extinguished post-Soviet hopes for democratic reform. Here, pro-democracy demonstrators file across Moscow’s Crimean Bridge, February 23, 1990.

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The Price of a Lost Russia: A Correspondent’s Eulogy

by Markos Kounalakis April 22, 2026April 21, 2026

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Are You There, Judy?

by Sara Bhatia April 8, 2026May 5, 2026

College-Educated Working Class: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders rally with Starbucks workers pushing to unionize for better pay and working conditions.

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Frappuccino Socialists

by Kenneth S. Baer April 7, 2026May 5, 2026

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