The Unheralded End of Mass Incarceration
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Summer 2026 Print Edition
In this issue
A Different Kind of College Ranking
How Online Algorithms Rig the College Search Process
Best Colleges for Rural America
America’s Best Colleges for Research
Politics
Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?
Since sweeping to power in 2025, Republicans have waged an all-out war on clean energy. Congress gutted major clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies enacted under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, killed state-level rules to spur electric vehicle adoption, and blocked legislation to ease permitting for wind power projects. The Trump administration has gone further,…
Education
Many Health Care Grad Students Can’t Get the Loans They Need
New federal loan limits restrict borrowing for graduate degrees in many fields, and prospects for private loans are also grim.
Newsletter
AI’s Anti-Woman Problem
As regulators tackle AI safety, they should also consider bias.
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Podcast
AI Has an Anti-Woman Problem. Here’s How to Fix It
The CEO of the world’s first “female-forward” AI startup has a plan for tackling bias in artificial intelligence.
AI's Anti-Woman Problem and How to Fix It | Shubhi Rao – Washington Monthly
- AI's Anti-Woman Problem and How to Fix It | Shubhi Rao
- The Precarious Future of Vote by Mail | Phil Keisling and Barbara Smith Warner
- Could "Trump Regretters" Decide the Midterm Elections? | Tina Tang
- “Deceive, Disrupt, Deny.” The Looming Threat to This Fall’s Elections | Beau Tremitiere
- Identify theft. Food poisoning. Terrorism? Elon Musk's DOGE Has Made You Less Safe | Elaine Kamarck
Law and Justice
The Unitary Executive Theory in All of Its Historical Perversity
A misinformed idea underlies much of the work of John Roberts’s Supreme Court.
The Monopolized Economy
The Secret Monopoly Making Everything More Expensive
A two-decade fight with monopoly power in the payment system has arrived at a moment of truth, boiling down to one simple question: Will the courts bless price-fixing? Let’s hope not. Last week, Demand Progress, American Economic Liberties Project, Consumer Reports, and Small Business Majority asked a federal court to reject a proposed antitrust settlement…
Health Care
Before the Fall
The number of Americans without health insurance is soaring this year. Last week’s Census Bureau report on the uninsured rate for 2025 is the last good news we’ll get for a while.
Russia’s War on Ukraine
Europe Struggles to Respond to Russian Attacks
Ukrainians warn their Western allies: “Putin is at war with you, too.”
Books
Not Post-Literate Yet
Discouraging surveys and a semi-illiterate president notwithstanding, reports of the death of reading are exaggerated.
Higher Ed Q&A
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