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Constitution in Progress

by Garrett Epps November 2, 2025November 4, 2025

Enshittification Age: Cory Doctorow speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

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The Cory Doctorow Doctrine

by Anita Jain October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

The Backsliders: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during their meeting in Ankara, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

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Tyranny Is Downstream From the Economy

by Brian Kettenring October 30, 2025October 28, 2025

The Running Ground

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Hitting His Stride

by Sara Bhatia October 28, 2025October 27, 2025

Julia Ioffe, the author, and her new book, Motherland.

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Russia Through a Feminist Lens

by Alexander Nazaryan October 21, 2025October 21, 2025

Data Disconnect: The price for a dozen eggs is displayed on the edge of a shelf in a refrigerated case in a Whole Foods store Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in south Denver.

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Measuring the Vibecession

by Jared Bernstein October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down as he walks past a burning building in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd.

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The Eternal Social Justice Summer

by Richard D. Kahlenberg September 11, 2025September 11, 2025

The Washington Monthly’s annual Kukula Award celebrates the best in nonfiction book reviewing and honors the memory of Kukula Kapoor Glastris, the magazine’s beloved books editor.

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The 2025 Kukula Award Winners

by The Editors August 20, 2025August 19, 2025

Can America build ships again? That's the question as Trump tries to rebuild American shipbuilding.

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Can America Build Ships Again?

by Arnav Rao August 20, 2025January 21, 2026

Donald Trump's triumph renovating Wollman Rink in 1986 became the foundation for a lifetime of self-mythologizing.

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The Power Brokers

by Nate Weisberg August 12, 2025August 27, 2025

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