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A selection of twenty-five stand-out colleges and universities from the Washington Monthly’s 2025 rankings.| Washington Monthly
The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase—Russia talks of peace but continues the killing on the ground. The post A Deadly Night in Kyiv Makes a Mockery of the Peace Process appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
The mob-style shakedowns of colleges, networks, law firms, and businesses are the through line of the Trump era. The post Extortionist-in-Chief appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
President Trump declared “The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL,” but what’s awry, writes a constitutional scholar, is forgetting American history. The post Slavery Was Bad and Must Be Remembered appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
Twenty years ago, Katrina taught America devastating lessons. The administration’s policies against strategizing to protect society’s most vulnerable are a recipe for a repeat. The post Trump’s Definition of DEI Is a Disaster for Disaster Management appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
AI is redefining “expertise,” which could mean new opportunities for those without traditional credentials. The post Why AI Could Be a Boon for Workers appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
The President of Kentucky’s Berea College talks about the factors that put her school at the top of the Washington Monthly’s 2025 College Ranking. The post Berea: The Little College That Could appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
With law enforcement, emergency powers, and the pardon pen at his disposal, Trump has turned our system of government into an engine of personal vengeance. The post The Retribution Presidency: Trump’s Government of Revenge appeared first on Washington Monthly.| 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. The post A Different Kind of College Ranking appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
The administration’s policies aren’t reforming higher education. They’re decimating it. The post Higher Education: What Trump Hath Wrought appeared first on Washington Monthly.| 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
Threatened by conservative justices, the war on trans rights, and the Trump's hostility to civil rights, can marriage equality survive?| Washington Monthly
Can the Declaration of Independence’s Ideals Hold America Together? A new national poll suggests it very much can.| Washington Monthly
