Union Pacific’s $250 billion merger with Norfolk Southern will likely cause delays, consolidation, and higher costs instead of efficiency.| Washington Monthly
Conservatives used to hate it with Democrats “picked winners and losers.” What will they say when a Republican president does it? The post Republicans Should Be Apoplectic Over What Trump and Kennedy Are Doing to Tylenol appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
Congress keeps making them worse with a budget process that’s broken. The post The Social Security and Medicare Funding Problems Are Real appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
Capitulation is everywhere. The post Surrendering to MAGA Isn’t Just a Broadcast Media Problem appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
While Disney-ABC and Skydance-Paramount-CBS cave to MAGA bullying, others hold firm, including The New York Times. The post Jimmy Kimmel, Broadcast Media, and Free Speech appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
Demagogues are using the tragedy to target free speech, the First Amendment, and America itself. The post The Kirk Assassination and the MAGA Threat to Free Speech appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
The president and his FCC appointees should not threaten TV stations over jokes. That’s a simple case the public will understand. The post Free Kimmel. Impeach Carr. Impeach Trump appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
A Ukrainian air defense unit showcases what NATO should have done when the Kremlin sent drones into Poland. The post Downing Russian Drones: “The U.S. and Europe Should Learn From Us” appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
The U.S. Senate was almost structured very differently in ways that would have dramatically altered the chamber and America. The post The Great Might-Have-Been of the Constitutional Convention appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
President Jonathan Koppell describes his institution—where half of students are first-generation college-goers—as both public and public-serving. The post SPONSORED: Montclair State—An Engine of Opportunity for First-Generation Students appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
The slain activist engaged in robust debate on campus. Curtailing the free speech of those who criticize him a betrayal of his legacy.| Washington Monthly
A college degree is costly, to both students and taxpayers. Here’s the only list that shows which institutions provide good value to both.| Washington Monthly
Economic mobility by state: where colleges deliver real ROI. Using data, we can see the programs that lift students into the middle class.| Washington Monthly
A selection of twenty-five stand-out colleges and universities from the Washington Monthly’s 2025 rankings.| Washington Monthly
Annual award celebrates nonfiction book reviewing and honors the memory of Kukula Kapoor Glastris, the magazine’s beloved books editor.| Washington Monthly
Donald Trump is sitting down with Zelensky and European leaders in Washington today. Here’s the plan they need to persuade him to follow.| Washington Monthly
Huey Long's 1930s power grab offers a chilling precedent for today’s authoritarian threats from Donald Trump.| Washington Monthly
In the last 5 years, Washington DC experienced a housing boom. It took a lot more than passive deregulation.| Washington Monthly
We should point to the crime statistics to push back against Trump’s authoritarian takeover of the Washington, D.C. police.| Washington Monthly
Once the champion of small government, Texas is now embracing California-style politics to advance a right-wing agenda| Washington Monthly
The Gods of New York revisits the city’s turbulent late 1980s, charting how crime, race, spectacle, and sheer ambition reshaped the city| Washington Monthly
Trump’s efforts to seize Harvard’s patents and militarize DC show how he is leaving no avenue untouched in his bid for absolute power.| Washington Monthly
The Supreme Court’s shadow docket has become Trump’s secret weapon, delivering swift anonymous rulings to hand him wins.| Washington Monthly
Trump’s tariffs cost taxpayers far more than his income tax cuts save them. Repealing them offers Dems a chance to deliver a major tax cut.| Washington Monthly
WFP’s Jonathan Dumont offers a harrowing inside look at Gaza’s worsening hunger crisis, where famine looms and relief is blocked.| Washington Monthly
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Without a constant stream of high-quality, human-made information, artificial intelligence models become useless. That’s why journalists and other content creators have more leverage over the future than they might know.| Washington Monthly
