Five alums, all contributing editors, reflect on the Monthly’s founder, the magazine’s continued success, and why Charlie’s legacy will endure.
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Posted inPolitics
A Trump Coup Trial Primer
Everything you need to know ahead of the most monumental test for the rule of law in American history.
Posted inMagazine
Psst: Joe Biden Has Solved the Student Debt Crisis
The president’s new student loan program, SAVE, will slash monthly payments for borrowers like me. It’s the large-scale debt relief activists have spent years fighting for. Why are they badmouthing it?
Posted inMagazine
Al Sharpton Stands Up for Israel
If you’re surprised that the civil rights leader and MSNBC host has broken with the left on Hamas, you haven’t been paying attention.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How to Fix the Supreme Court
The time has come to connect popular anger over the conservative supermajority with concrete ideas for reform.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2024
Showdown at Railroad Valley
As lawmakers push for more domestic mining of critical minerals, they risk making the most retrograde federal law on the books even worse.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2024
Joe Biden’s Economic Headwinds
January/February/March editor’s note.
Posted inBooks
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.
Posted inBooks
The Sick Man of North America
American far-right terrorism may be on the rise, but its roots go back to Reconstruction.
Posted inBooks
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.
