The right wants to erase unpleasant history, while the left talks of nothing else. Is there a middle ground for American civics?

Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission: To preserve democracy and champion good governance through honest journalism and ...

Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission: To preserve democracy and champion good governance through honest journalism and ...

Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission: To preserve democracy and champion good governance through honest journalism and ...

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig explains a promising new strategy to stop the surge of Super PACs and dark money in ...

Mamdani should use his global platform to denounce human rights abuses in the African nation of Uganda, where he was born.

Stephen Miller says the world is governed by force, not rules. Starship Troopers shows the authoritarian future that ...

Monthly jobs numbers and the Census Bureau might be the first—and only—things that come to mind for many Americans when they think about federal data. But government data undergirds many of the ...

MAGA is going through a rough period. The bitter breakup between President Donald Trump and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is roiling the far right ...

While almost every president has granted a few dodgy pardons, Donald Trump’s abuse of the godlike constitutional authority has no parallel in American history. Founded in 1969, the Washington ...

While almost every president has granted a few dodgy pardons, Donald Trump’s abuse of the godlike constitutional authority has no parallel in American history. Founded in 1969, the Washington ...

Democrats are winning on economic populism. To make lasting change, they should pair it with an ambitious agenda for ...