With the onset of the Great Depression, the United States appeared on the verge of political revolt in rural areas. For half ...

The November/December issue of the Washington Monthly print magazine, "How the Democrats Can Go On Offense," is here.

Tim Wu’s "The Age of Extraction" argues that Big Tech’s dominance is squeezing businesses, distorting markets, and destabilizing democracy.

Yes, AI is disrupting entry-level work. But don’t mistake short-term chaos for collapse. The college wage premium still holds.

Instead of chasing MAGA-style virality, Democrats should lead the fight to reform the toxic online world politics now depends on.

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 ...

We say taxes make citizens equal before the state. In practice, they divide them—between those whose income is tracked at the source and those whose wealth is invisible. Founded in 1969, ...

With the onset of the Great Depression, the United States appeared on the verge of political revolt in rural areas. For half a century, rural people had felt increasingly marginalized by changes in ...

In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.

Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.

In After the Spike, two economists make a provocative case that population decline could stall innovation and human progress.

Suzanne Kahn is the senior vice president of the think tank at the Roosevelt Institute.