The Washington Monthly explores the policy consequences of a second Trump term.
April/May/June 2020
Can The Liberal World Order Survive Another Four Years of Trump?
Probably not. Here’s why.
What Would a Second Trump Term Do to the Federal Bureaucracy?
An EPA stocked with climate change deniers. A surgeon general sympathetic to anti-vaxxers. It could get grim.
How Trump Would Gut the Social Safety Net With a Second Term
There’s a backdoor tactic the administration would use to weaken programs that help the poor.
How Trump Could Take Away Obamacare With a Second Term
After packing the courts, the president’s use of executive authority will be more effective.
How Trump Could Dismantle Workers’ Rights with Another Four Years
In just his first term, he’s been a fairly effective union buster.
Trump’s Second Term Immigration Agenda
Will anyone be allowed into America?
Can Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Survive a Second Trump Term?
It’s a proposition better left untested.
Why a Second Trump Term Will Not Be a Horror Movie
Let’s hope it doesn’t happen. But if it does, we won’t be helpless.
Why Congress Can’t Stop Surprise Medical Bills
The House and Senate had a bipartisan agreement to end health care’s most exploitative practice. Then it all fell apart.
How to Save Elections From a Pandemic
It’s never been clearer that the country needs to be able to vote by mail. Utah shows the way.
Why Are Patient Groups Silent on High Drug Prices?
Until advocates are willing to take on Big Pharma, reform efforts have no chance.
What’s Killing the White Working Class?
The GOP continues to supply more of the policies that are destroying its base.
When Environmentalists Won Over the Supreme Court
How one improbable legal case drove the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases.
Inside the Chaotic, Underfunded World of Probation and Parole
The system is failing the people it supervises—and we all pay the cost.
Punishing Fathers for Being Poor
A new book shows why the U.S. needs a different approach toward men who don’t pay child support.
Does the Never Trump Movement Matter?
Most conservatives eventually embraced Trump. Here’s why a few didn’t.
