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Books
Book reviews and essays from the Washington Monthly on the new books shaping debates over politics, policy, history, and American democracy.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2022
Has the Antiracist Movement Become a Counterproductive Religion?
John McWhorter takes aim at the fundamentalists on the far left—who are scaring away allies Democrats desperately need.
Posted inNovember/December 2021
How to Make Power Less Corrupting
Post-Trump new ideas for keeping authoritarians out of the Oval Office—and the squad car.
Posted inNovember/December 2021
Why Daniel Boone Might Not be Canceled
The archetypal frontiersman was unsure about the colonial project he built.
Posted inNovember/December 2021
The Deal of a Convert
What public figures gain, or lose, when they switch religions.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2021
Is It Unwise to Privatize?
Short answer: It all depends.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, Main, November/December 2021
Learning While Black
The persistent racism of state higher education funding.
Posted inBooks, Featured, Political Animal, Politics
How Cities Can Flourish After COVID-19
Two Harvard economists explain how crises have crushed cities and what we can do to strengthen them before the next disaster.
Posted inBooks, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2021
Justice Stephen Breyer Lives in a World of His Own
The brilliant jurist’s surprisingly (or not) weak case for the Supreme Court’s historic legitimacy.
Posted inBooks, College Guide, Magazine, September/October 2021
SEAL of Disapproval
How the Navy failed to stop—and Donald Trump championed—a murderous special operations leader.
