With the arrival of the Omicron variant, Biden should declare war on Republican governors who are blocking reasonable mask and vaccine mandates. It’s good policy and good politics.
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Feeling Dread and Exhaustion? Stop It!
Why you, and the Washington Monthly, need to keep fighting.
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Vice Presidents Get No Respect. Kamala Harris Is No Exception.
Cut the history-making No. 2 a break. The job is the problem, not her.
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Afghanistan Is Sliding Into Famine
As winter approaches, Afghans are facing more hardships, a hunger crisis, and dire choices.
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The Hedge Fund Takeover of Local News Is Neither Inevitable Nor Unstoppable
How stronger antitrust enforcement and the Build Back Better bill can help to save the newspaper business.
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Biden Was Right to Pick Powell to Chair the Federal Reserve
The president avoided a confirmation fight and chose someone who saved the economy.
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America Needs the Washington Monthly
We don’t manufacture divisive outrage or trap ourselves in a mindless echo chamber. We deliver the ideas that can save our democracy.
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Honduras’s President Is Preparing to Rig the Country’s Election. What Will the U.S. Do About It?
It’s time for the Biden administration to stand up for democracy in Central America.
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The Rittenhouse Verdict Shows the Ridiculousness of American Gun Laws and Self-Defense
How legal technicalities and a culture of guns make it possible for (mostly white) men to get away with murder.
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The Build Back Better Act Will Reduce Inflation
How the Democrats’ social spending plan will cut costs where they have risen most for American families.
