After the insurrection, everyone was disavowing him. But thanks to his old buddy Steve Bannon and a coterie of strategists, Donald Trump regained dominance over the Republican Party.
Books
Book reviews and essays from the Washington Monthly on the new books shaping debates over politics, policy, history, and American democracy.
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Disordering Our National Myths
The Founders, the Pioneers, the Movement, the Lost Cause—the more driving myths one identifies, the more our true national character is obscured.
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The Exploitative Origins of Amazon
Since the very beginning, the internet giant has grown by stealing ideas, squelching competition, and cheating on its taxes.
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The Art of the “Get”
Barbara Walters hawked dog food, hid in bathrooms, and flirted with Castro to get what she wanted. And because of her, newswomen today have far better options.
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The Doomscroll Generation
Social media and smartphones have tipped an entire generation into anxiety and depression. Is there anything to be done?
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The Truth About Lies
Campaign disinformation is ubiquitous and hard to fight. But it mostly feeds the fever swamps and seldom changes election results.
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One Hundred Years of Dictator Worship
For the past century, the American right has fawned over foreign autocrats, from Kaiser Wilhelm to Vladimir Putin.
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After a Decade of Left-Populism, What Have We Learned About Political Change?
Two new books size up the accomplishments, and the agonies, of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.
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The Sick Man of North America
American far-right terrorism may be on the rise, but its roots go back to Reconstruction.
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Confessions of an HBCU Grad
Attending one of America’s great historically Black colleges and universities changed my life. A new book shows that these institutions remain radically underfunded and academically underestimated.
