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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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In Zohran Mamdani’s New York

by Lloyd Green August 12, 2025August 12, 2025

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How the Left Lost the Working Class—and How to Win Them Back

by David Kusnet July 17, 2025August 6, 2025

The student loan program once full of promise has lead to crushing debt and despair. Here's how to fix it.

Higher Education

Student Loan Debt: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

by James Kvaal June 18, 2025August 22, 2025

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God and Man at Sea

by Jacob Heilbrunn June 1, 2025June 4, 2025

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