Platner Drops Out of U.S. Senate Race, Blames "Entrenched Forces" for Derailing His Senate Nomination

Trump hardly proved the case against election integrity. He offered a word salad of incoherent complaints about elections.

Christopher Nolan’s moral sensibility, which conservatives claim to hate, is what makes his Odyssey film a masterpiece—and a blockbuster.

A consolidated food industry brings you salad and chicken nuggets cheaper—and spreads deadly food-borne pathogens farther.

The agency's subtler tactics in recent months aimed to lull citizens into complacency. Arrests, detentions, and deportations have all increased under new DHS Director Markwayne Mullin.

Andy Burnham has built his politics around Britain’s neglected industrial communities. His premiership depends on if he can deliver for them.

Andy Burnham has built his politics around Britain’s neglected industrial communities. His premiership depends on if he can deliver for them.

Ossoff from purple Georgia is leading in polls and fundraising without picking on Democratic Party progressives. There’s a lesson there.

Christopher Nolan’s moral sensibility, which conservatives claim to hate, is what makes his Odyssey film a masterpiece—and a blockbuster.

Christopher Nolan’s moral sensibility, which conservatives claim to hate, is what makes his Odyssey film a masterpiece—and a blockbuster.

As Americans have fewer children, competition is intensifying among institutions and recruiters for a dwindling pool of students.

El-Sayed says he’s for “self-determination for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis.” But for most Israelis, that means a Jewish state.

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The criminal justice advocate and civil rights leader on his work, the war on American history, and grace for those consumed by hate.

Businesses need democracy to thrive, argues Daniella Ballou-Aares, founder of the business coalition Leadership Now. They should step up to defend it.

Evan Barker offers a revealing critique of progressives but fails to explain how disillusionment with Democrats led her to vote for Trump.

DSA's vision of a government without three equal branches providing checks and balances would facilitate the whims of an authoritarian.

The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s nuclear weapon: Two Iran experts on how the U.S.plays checkers and Iran plays chess.

The Heritage Foundation's pro-natalist agenda blames "feminism" for falling fertility rates. Not surprisingly, its "solutions" are hostile to women.

The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s nuclear weapon: Two Iran experts on how the U.S.plays checkers and Iran plays chess.

Trump wants quick diplomatic wins. But peace agreements that dodge the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are built to collapse.

James Wilson’s vision of a Constitution rooted in the people anticipated Lincoln, Reconstruction, and modern constitutional democracy.

Trump wants quick diplomatic wins. But peace agreements that dodge the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are built to collapse.

Trump wants quick diplomatic wins. But peace agreements that dodge the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are built to collapse.

Late 20th-century culture wars over artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano set the stage for the transgressive Age of Trump.

Millions of American workers are stranded in jobs without career mobility. Here’s what we need to ease the problem of stalled careers.

Both Social Security and Medicare face exhaustion because more of the nation's income goes to the rich, and their growing share goes untaxed.

A new survey of students at regional public universities by the think tank Third Way offers some surprising insights.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani flexed his DSA political muscles on Tuesday. But is that the best way to win federal grants and earmarks?

Rule by the rich looks inevitable, but it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America, democracies have found ways to contain oligarchs.

Trump's refusal to reauthorize FISA Section 702 unless it’s linked to a voter suppression bill leaves America vulnerable to terrorist attack.

Trump's refusal to reauthorize FISA Section 702 unless it’s linked to a voter suppression bill leaves America vulnerable to terrorist attack.

A fictional but plausible dispatch from 2027 shows why Trump’s rolling coup against the midterms will likely fail.

The new acting DNI told staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence late Thursday that he wants a list of about 300 employees to fire in the coming weeks.

Trump’s rewrite of rural broadband rules helped Musk steer public money toward Starlink to strengthen SpaceX and screw rural Americans.

Chatbots give you facts (maybe). Humans give you a story.

Starmer out as prime minister is no fix in a country where voters keep denying victors electoral mandates.

A new OMB proposal stipulates that every federal research grant adhere to administration ideology, mixing science with political preference.

The Washington Monthly’s annual Kukula award celebrates the best in nonfiction book reviewing and honors the memory of Kukula Kapoor Glastris

Trump’s Iran war deal hurts his “Art of the Deal” image. But Netanyahu’s military-first strategy has left Israel isolated and Iran stronger.

Trump’s Iran war deal hurts his “Art of the Deal” image. But Netanyahu’s military-first strategy has left Israel isolated and Iran stronger.

Research suggests that whether it’s an obituary, a puff piece, or news of a community event, local news makes us feel less alone.

Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then President Trump cut them loose.

Voter turnout under California’s vote-at-home system was off-the-charts. That’s a far more important story than waiting a week for results.

In the 1980s, serious people feared World War III. Today, our slouch toward World War III is being orchestrated by egotistical sociopaths.

The Trump administration, having already made cuts to research on topics it disfavors, now wants scientists to submit to political control.

The Washington Monthly announces the 2026 Kukula Award finalists, honoring excellence in nonfiction book reviewing.