Nearly 1 in 6 Americans lives in a “distressed” community. Where they live and what they experience could explain a lot about the rise of Trump.
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In Defense of Book Reviews
Christoph Irmscher, winner of the Washington Monthly’s 2025 Kukula Award, reflects on his review of Stolen Pride by Arlie Russell Hochschild—and on why thoughtful, professional criticism remains essential to democracy.
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Supreme Court or Supreme Enablers?
A lopsided spate of unsigned rulings in favor of the Trump Administration betrays the Court’s bias and its abdication of the rule of the law.
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After Election Day, Fight Back with Ideas
The MAGA landslide left us devastated, too, but it also rekindled our commitment to public policy ideas that work and can win elections.
