After 50 years, the Monthly reflects on its greatest and worst hits.
November/December 2019
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Pass. The. Damn. Bill.
How the Washington Monthly helped push Obamacare over the finish line.
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How Trump Could Blow Up the Republican Lobbying Machine
The modern GOP shaped K Street. Trump’s presidency threatens to cause its unraveling.
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Why We Started Paying Our Interns
It all began with a disastrous job interview.
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The Washington Monthly’s Liberal Imagination
How I learned to recognize when the left had veered off course.
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The False Promise of Reformish Conservatives
In 2012, I thought the GOP might ditch bigotry. Whoops.
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How Congress Came to Pay Its Interns
It was one small step to make a big difference for Washington and American democracy.
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The Story I Couldn’t Stop Writing
How I came to chronicle three generations of a single family—from a Manila shantytown to suburban Texas.
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The Pundits Who Get It Wrong—and Pay No Price
In the 1980s, they predicted the end of natural gas. They were wrong. Now, they occupy powerful positions.
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The Charlie Peters School of Journalism
Reporters often cover government’s failures. He taught me to also cover government’s successes.
