There’s a way to stop privatization of the civil service and help working Americans. Here’s how.
July/August 2021
Posted inJuly/August 2021, Magazine
Can Working From Home Fix the Gender-Wage Gap?
The pandemic ushered in flexible work policies. Here’s why employers should keep them in place in the post-Covid era.
Posted inFeatured, July/August 2021, Magazine
The World’s Most Important War on Big Tech Comes from India
The protest against Facebook by the country’s farmers is the first grassroots effort of its kind. We should all pay heed.
Posted inJuly/August 2021, Magazine, Politics
Is Facebook Buying Off The New York Times?
Under the cover of launching a little-known feature, the social media giant has been funneling money to America’s biggest news organizations—and hanging the rest of the press out to dry.
Posted inJuly/August 2021, Magazine, Politics
Free Community College Is Great, But It Doesn’t Solve Everything
The pandemic shows that students need help with more than tuition. A report from Memphis.
Posted inMagazine
Reflections on 20 Years of Editing the Washington Monthly
Pay low rent. Find great talent. How a small magazine can change the country.
Posted inJuly/August 2021, Magazine, Politics
Why Joe Biden Should Listen to Bernie Sanders on Corporate Taxes
The Vermont Senator’s plan would close the pay gap between workers and executives—and be immensely popular.
Posted inBooks, July/August 2021, Magazine
The 20th Century Smut Shamer
The epic battle between Anthony Comstock—a self-appointed anti-vice crusader—and the feminists.
Posted inBooks, July/August 2021, Magazine
The Supreme Court Justice Who Stood Up in Plessy v. Ferguson
Appraising the racial legacy of Justice John Marshall Harlan, the Court’s famous civil rights dissenter.
Posted inBooks, July/August 2021, Magazine
What Tucker Carlson Learned from a Liberal Columnist
The fearsome mid-century journalist Drew Pearson often scooped the Washington press corps, but his worst reporting strategies have been adopted by the right.
