{"id":134700,"date":"2021-09-24T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T23:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/?page_id=134700"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T19:28:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-first-col-to-second is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-5 is-3 is-uncropped is-style-default has-text-align-center\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"163148\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-chester-a-arthur tag-death-by-lightning tag-james-garfield tag-john-sherman tag-schedule-f tag-ulysses-s-grant category-featured category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/19\/death-by-lightning-shows-why-a-professional-civil-service-matters\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AAAAQZPlLx0NmNuRSe1kMeOy0dT5b27Lx4Ttv2WB5Hfme7wY7MgPLS2j3VHlpbT0h0isJcEHo-PCNl68GuKtfNMeIiVIyPe47oo7o1d5BLgtO0gQpABjiefT27tKGm5rAyg3qDQh0IuzdqbBPlXK9ZQn-MzP.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image\" alt=\"Death By Lightning Shows Why a Professional Civil Service Matters\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AAAAQZPlLx0NmNuRSe1kMeOy0dT5b27Lx4Ttv2WB5Hfme7wY7MgPLS2j3VHlpbT0h0isJcEHo-PCNl68GuKtfNMeIiVIyPe47oo7o1d5BLgtO0gQpABjiefT27tKGm5rAyg3qDQh0IuzdqbBPlXK9ZQn-MzP.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AAAAQZPlLx0NmNuRSe1kMeOy0dT5b27Lx4Ttv2WB5Hfme7wY7MgPLS2j3VHlpbT0h0isJcEHo-PCNl68GuKtfNMeIiVIyPe47oo7o1d5BLgtO0gQpABjiefT27tKGm5rAyg3qDQh0IuzdqbBPlXK9ZQn-MzP.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AAAAQZPlLx0NmNuRSe1kMeOy0dT5b27Lx4Ttv2WB5Hfme7wY7MgPLS2j3VHlpbT0h0isJcEHo-PCNl68GuKtfNMeIiVIyPe47oo7o1d5BLgtO0gQpABjiefT27tKGm5rAyg3qDQh0IuzdqbBPlXK9ZQn-MzP.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AAAAQZPlLx0NmNuRSe1kMeOy0dT5b27Lx4Ttv2WB5Hfme7wY7MgPLS2j3VHlpbT0h0isJcEHo-PCNl68GuKtfNMeIiVIyPe47oo7o1d5BLgtO0gQpABjiefT27tKGm5rAyg3qDQh0IuzdqbBPlXK9ZQn-MzP.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AAAAQZPlLx0NmNuRSe1kMeOy0dT5b27Lx4Ttv2WB5Hfme7wY7MgPLS2j3VHlpbT0h0isJcEHo-PCNl68GuKtfNMeIiVIyPe47oo7o1d5BLgtO0gQpABjiefT27tKGm5rAyg3qDQh0IuzdqbBPlXK9ZQn-MzP.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AAAAQZPlLx0NmNuRSe1kMeOy0dT5b27Lx4Ttv2WB5Hfme7wY7MgPLS2j3VHlpbT0h0isJcEHo-PCNl68GuKtfNMeIiVIyPe47oo7o1d5BLgtO0gQpABjiefT27tKGm5rAyg3qDQh0IuzdqbBPlXK9ZQn-MzP.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/19\/death-by-lightning-shows-why-a-professional-civil-service-matters\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Death By Lightning Shows Why a Professional Civil Service Matters\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDonald Trump wants to bring back the spoils system. 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wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.secure.darwin.cx\/J2WEBSGW\">Subscribe Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha ts-2 \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>In this issue<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162257\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-attention-economy tag-big-tech tag-democrats tag-digital-privacy tag-frances-haugen tag-internet-reform tag-jonathan-haidt tag-politics-and-technology tag-social-media tag-surveillance-capitalism category-featured category-magazine category-november-december-2025 type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/02\/social-media-reform-democrats\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Draining the Online Swamp<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tInstead of accepting the existing digital political battlefield as inevitable, Democrats should challenge it as a root cause of our dysfunctional politics, and vow to be the party that cleans it up.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/zach-marcus\/\">Zach Marcus<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-11-02T18:31:09-05:00\">November 2, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-04T14:08:47-05:00\">November 4, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162183\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-amy-coney-barrett tag-book-review tag-books tag-constitutional-law tag-federal-courts tag-judicial-politics tag-supreme-court tag-textualism category-books category-law-and-justice category-magazine category-november-december-2025 type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/02\/amy-coney-barrett-book-review-listening-to-the-law\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Justice Barrett\u2019s Campaign Biography<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBy presenting judging as pure law untainted by politics, Amy Coney Barrett offers a picture so implausible it makes cynics of us all.  \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/mark-a-graber\/\">Mark A. Graber<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-11-02T18:09:48-05:00\">November 2, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-02T18:10:27-05:00\">November 2, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162188\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-after-the-spike tag-books tag-caregiving tag-dean-spears tag-family-policy tag-fertility-crisis tag-gender-equality tag-michael-geruso tag-population-decline tag-progressive-economics tag-pronatalism tag-work-life-balance category-books category-magazine category-november-december-2025 type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/02\/after-the-spike-dean-spears-michael-geruso-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Running Out of People<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe coming population bust won\u2019t be solved by right-wing pronatalism or left-wing subsidies. It will require confronting how modern life puts parenting out of reach.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/suzanne-kahn\/\">Suzanne Kahn<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-11-02T18:02:14-05:00\">November 2, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-02T18:02:23-05:00\">November 2, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"161824\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2024-election tag-affordability-crisis tag-consumer-price-index tag-donald-trump tag-economic-statistics tag-gene-ludwig tag-inequality tag-inflation tag-joe-biden tag-the-mismeasurement-of-america tag-true-living-cost tag-unemployment tag-unemployment-rate category-books category-economy category-featured category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/10\/03\/the-mismeasurement-of-america-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Measuring the Vibecession<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhy top-line federal statistics miss the economic pain average Americans feel.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/jared-bernstein\/\">Jared Bernstein<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-10-03T05:00:00-04:00\">October 3, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-10-03T15:06:57-04:00\">October 3, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color\" id=\"5-education-\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/education\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">Education<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-uncropped \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"163053\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-academic-freedom tag-campus-speech tag-free-speech-debates tag-institutional-neutrality tag-kalven-report tag-viewpoint-diversity category-books category-featured category-college-rankings category-main category-uncategorized type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/11\/the-kalven-trap-the-opinionated-university\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP23339786316913-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Kalven Trap\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP23339786316913-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2560w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP23339786316913-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP23339786316913-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP23339786316913-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/11\/the-kalven-trap-the-opinionated-university\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Kalven Trap<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>University leaders are increasingly clinging to \u201cviewpoint diversity\u201d and institutional neutrality in the face of MAGA assaults. This is a mistake.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/christoph-irmscher\/\">Christoph Irmscher<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-11T05:00:00-05:00\">December 11, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-11T15:24:48-05:00\">December 11, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162818\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-apprenticeships tag-department-of-labor tag-economic-opportunity tag-job-training tag-labor-policy tag-trump-administration tag-workforce-development category-education category-featured category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/04\/trump-one-million-apprenticeships-broken-promise\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.45.13-PM.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s Broken Promise of \u201cOne Million Apprentices\u201d\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.45.13-PM.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.45.13-PM.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.45.13-PM.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.45.13-PM.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-03-at-1.45.13-PM.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/04\/trump-one-million-apprenticeships-broken-promise\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trump\u2019s Broken Promise of \u201cOne Million Apprentices\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/anne-kim\/\">Anne Kim<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-04T05:00:00-05:00\">December 4, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-04T08:52:01-05:00\">December 4, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162870\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-civil-rights tag-constitutional-law tag-dei tag-equal-protection-clause tag-higher-education tag-higher-ed-policy-2 tag-hispanic-serving-institutions-2 tag-students-for-fair-admissions tag-trump-administration category-featured category-college-rankings category-law-and-justice category-main category-uncategorized type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/01\/trump-hsi-crackdown\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Quiet War on Hispanic-Serving Colleges\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25155662939672-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/01\/trump-hsi-crackdown\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Quiet War on Hispanic-Serving Colleges<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/rob-wolfe\/\">Rob Wolfe<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-01T05:00:00-05:00\">December 1, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-01T11:34:20-05:00\">December 1, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162678\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-academic-freedom tag-christopher-rufo tag-conservative-takeover tag-education-politics tag-florida-universities tag-higher-ed-policy tag-new-college-of-florida tag-richard-corcoran tag-ron-desantis tag-trump-higher-education category-education category-featured category-college-rankings category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/13\/new-college-of-florida-desantis-higher-ed-takeover\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Where Might Trump\u2019s Attacks on Universities Lead? Just Look at Florida\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25182704051865-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/13\/new-college-of-florida-desantis-higher-ed-takeover\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Where Might Trump\u2019s Attacks on Universities Lead? Just Look at Florida<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/nate-weisberg\/\">Nate Weisberg<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-11-13T05:00:00-05:00\">November 13, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-13T10:50:17-05:00\">November 13, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color\" id=\"2-politics-\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/politics\">Politics<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"163111\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-anti-zionism tag-antisemitism tag-barry-goldwater tag-campus-protests tag-david-blankenhorn tag-hate-crimes tag-israel tag-palestine tag-pro-palestinian-activism category-featured category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/16\/a-new-path-for-a-free-palestine\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A New Path for a Free Palestine\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348829454122-4-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/16\/a-new-path-for-a-free-palestine\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A New Path for a Free Palestine<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Israel isn&#8217;t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There&#8217;s a better way.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/jon-a-shields\/\">Jon A. Shields<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-16T05:00:00-05:00\">December 16, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-16T20:18:09-05:00\">December 16, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"163121\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-rob-reiner tag-truth-social category-featured category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/15\/trumps-sickening-sociopathic-shots-at-rob-reiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s Sickening Sociopathic Shots at Rob Reiner\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25349686485017-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/15\/trumps-sickening-sociopathic-shots-at-rob-reiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trump\u2019s Sickening Sociopathic Shots at Rob Reiner<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/jonathan-alter\/\">Jonathan Alter<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-15T20:56:19-05:00\">December 15, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-15T20:56:27-05:00\">December 15, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"163088\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-ceo-david-gentile tag-changpeng-zhao tag-henry-cuellar tag-john-orlando-hernandez tag-prospera category-featured category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/15\/trumps-secret-pardon-for-profit-racket\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s Secret Pardon-for-Profit Racket\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/15\/trumps-secret-pardon-for-profit-racket\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trump\u2019s Secret Pardon-for-Profit Racket<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/jonathan-alter\/\">Jonathan Alter<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-15T05:00:00-05:00\">December 15, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T13:43:35-05:00\">December 18, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"163069\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2026-elections tag-democratic-party tag-democratic-primaries tag-generational-politics tag-graham-platner tag-james-talarico tag-janet-mills tag-jasmine-crockett tag-maine-senate-primary category-featured category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/12\/maine-us-senate-primary-platner-mills-generational-divide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25316623190872-scaled-e1765491709375.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"What\u00a0Maine\u2019s U.S. Senate Primary\u00a0Tells\u00a0Us About\u00a0the Democratic Party\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25316623190872-scaled-e1765491709375.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25316623190872-scaled-e1765491709375.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25316623190872-scaled-e1765491709375.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25316623190872-scaled-e1765491709375.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25316623190872-scaled-e1765491709375.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25316623190872-scaled-e1765491709375.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/12\/maine-us-senate-primary-platner-mills-generational-divide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What\u00a0Maine\u2019s U.S. Senate Primary\u00a0Tells\u00a0Us About\u00a0the Democratic Party\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/bill-scher\/\">Bill Scher<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-12T05:00:00-05:00\">December 12, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/washington-monthly-podcast\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-variation-color\">Podcast<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"163004\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2026-elections tag-2028-election tag-deciding-to-win tag-democrats tag-moderation tag-polling tag-public-opinion tag-simon-bazelon tag-strategy tag-welcome category-featured category-main category-washington-monthly-podcast category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/10\/tough-medicine-for-democrats-too-liberal-and-out-of-touch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-54-Centrists.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tough Medicine for Democrats: \u201cToo Liberal\u201d and \u201cOut of Touch\u201d\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-54-Centrists.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-54-Centrists.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-54-Centrists.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-54-Centrists.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-54-Centrists.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-54-Centrists.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/10\/tough-medicine-for-democrats-too-liberal-and-out-of-touch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tough Medicine for Democrats: \u201cToo Liberal\u201d and \u201cOut of Touch\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Democrats are riding high after this year\u2019s special elections, but that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re popular with voters. Strategist Simon Bazelon has advice on what to fix.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/anne-kim\/\">Anne Kim<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-10T05:00:00-05:00\">December 10, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-10T08:17:02-05:00\">December 10, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162929\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-abigail-spanberger tag-affordability-politics tag-angela-kuefler tag-campaign-strategy tag-democratic-party tag-elections-2025 tag-mikie-sherrill tag-new-jersey-politics tag-polling tag-virginia-politics category-featured category-washington-monthly-podcast category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/03\/how-democrats-won-virginia-new-jersey-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-52-VA-NJ.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"How Democrats Won Virginia and New Jersey\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-52-VA-NJ.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-52-VA-NJ.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-52-VA-NJ.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-52-VA-NJ.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-52-VA-NJ.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ep.-52-VA-NJ.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/03\/how-democrats-won-virginia-new-jersey-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How Democrats Won Virginia and New Jersey<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-03T05:00:00-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162866\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-canada tag-diplomacy tag-mark-carney tag-nafta tag-tariffs tag-trade tag-trump-administration tag-us-canada-relations tag-usmca category-featured category-foreign-policy category-washington-monthly-podcast type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/27\/us-canada-relations-rock-bottom\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"US-Canada Relations Have Hit Rock Bottom\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-Carney-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/16\/trumps-pardon-power-abuses\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trump\u2019s Pardon Power Abuses\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The president has wide latitude to grant clemency, but Trump has broken all norms and sought even more authority to help his allies. \u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/james-d-zirin\/\">James D. 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Zirin<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-08T17:16:58-05:00\">December 8, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-08T17:17:06-05:00\">December 8, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162872\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-autocracy tag-cambridge tag-democracy tag-donald-trump tag-foreign-policy tag-pardons tag-supreme-court tag-ukraine tag-united-kingdom category-featured category-law-and-justice category-main type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/28\/jesus-college-britain-alarmed-by-trump\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"An American Comes to Jesus\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP23081857726649-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/28\/jesus-college-britain-alarmed-by-trump\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">An American Comes to Jesus\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/james-d-zirin\/\">James D. Zirin<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-11-28T05:00:00-05:00\">November 28, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-29T12:06:55-05:00\">November 29, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color\" id=\"3-the-monopolized-economy-\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/the-monopolized-economy\/\">The Monopolized Economy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162800\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-antitrust tag-concessions tag-dynamic-pricing tag-junk-fees tag-lina-khan tag-monopoly-power tag-new-york-city tag-sports-economics tag-stadium-pricing tag-zohran-mamdani category-featured category-main category-politics category-the-monopolized-economy category-uncategorized type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/24\/mamdani-and-khan-cheaper-beer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-23-2025-05_40_07-PM.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Freakout Over Cheaper Beer at Yankee Stadium\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-23-2025-05_40_07-PM.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-23-2025-05_40_07-PM.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-23-2025-05_40_07-PM.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-23-2025-05_40_07-PM.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-23-2025-05_40_07-PM.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-23-2025-05_40_07-PM.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/24\/mamdani-and-khan-cheaper-beer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Freakout Over Cheaper Beer at Yankee Stadium<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mamdani and Khan\u2019s plan to end monopolistic pricing at NYC stadiums is good policy and good politics.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/nate-weisberg\/\">Nate Weisberg<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-11-24T04:00:00-05:00\">November 24, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-25T10:04:26-05:00\">November 25, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162181\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-amazon tag-antitrust tag-artificial-intelligence tag-big-tech tag-books tag-democracy tag-google tag-inequality tag-monopoly-power tag-neo-brandeisian tag-technology-policy tag-tim-wu category-books category-magazine category-november-december-2025 category-the-monopolized-economy type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/02\/age-of-extraction-tim-wu\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The_protectors_of_our_industries-e1761836841430.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monopoly Men\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The_protectors_of_our_industries-e1761836841430.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The_protectors_of_our_industries-e1761836841430.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The_protectors_of_our_industries-e1761836841430.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The_protectors_of_our_industries-e1761836841430.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The_protectors_of_our_industries-e1761836841430.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/02\/age-of-extraction-tim-wu\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Monopoly Men<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/kainoa-lowman\/\">Kainoa Lowman<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-11-02T18:13:57-05:00\">November 2, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-04T11:19:26-05:00\">November 4, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162376\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-ai-bubble tag-amazon tag-antitrust tag-apple tag-big-tech tag-cory-doctorow tag-enshittification tag-google tag-monopoly tag-open-markets-institute tag-regulation tag-technology-policy category-books category-featured category-the-monopolized-economy type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/10\/30\/the-cory-doctorow-doctrine-enshittification\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Cory Doctorow Doctrine\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cory_Doctorow_27543291407-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/10\/30\/the-cory-doctorow-doctrine-enshittification\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Cory Doctorow Doctrine\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/anita-jain\/\">Anita Jain<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-10-30T15:14:37-04:00\">October 30, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-10-30T15:14:46-04:00\">October 30, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"160388\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-antitrust tag-bnsf tag-canadian-pacific-kansas-city-southern tag-coast-to-coast-railroad tag-freight-logistics tag-freight-rail tag-industrial-policy tag-infrastructure tag-norfolk-southern tag-precision-scheduled-railroading tag-psr tag-railroad-consolidation tag-railroad-merger tag-railroad-monopoly tag-stb-merger-review tag-surface-transportation-board tag-trump-administration tag-u-s-manufacturing tag-union-pacific tag-warren-buffett category-economy category-featured category-main category-the-monopolized-economy type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/08\/06\/railroad-merger-why-it-could-go-off-the-rails\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Railroad Merger: Why It Could Go Off the Rails\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25211823034271-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/08\/06\/railroad-merger-why-it-could-go-off-the-rails\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Railroad Merger: Why It Could Go Off the Rails\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/arnav-rao\/\">Arnav Rao<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-06T12:29:45-04:00\">August 6, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-08-06T12:29:50-04:00\">August 6, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_8243507c-98aa-46cf-9b4d-433272d7acbb\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29a9203455598d2014e0ec184253ae3b\" id=\"h-health-care\"><strong>Health Care<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162926\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-affordability-crisis tag-cost-of-living tag-democrats-2026 tag-employer-insurance tag-health-care tag-health-care-reform tag-health-policy tag-hospital-prices tag-insurance-premiums tag-medical-costs tag-out-of-pocket-costs category-featured category-health-care category-main type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/02\/affordable-health-care-plan-democrats\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-1150724240.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"For Democrats, a New Way to Make Health Care Affordable\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-1150724240.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-1150724240.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-1150724240.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-1150724240.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-1150724240.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-1150724240.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/02\/affordable-health-care-plan-democrats\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">For Democrats, a New Way to Make Health Care Affordable<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most working Americans have employer-provided health coverage, and costs are out of control. Here\u2019s a plan to save money, put checks in their pockets, and give Democrats a winning issue.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/merrill-goozner\/\">Merrill Goozner<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-02T12:30:03-05:00\">December 2, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-02T12:40:30-05:00\">December 2, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162702\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2026-midterms tag-aca-subsidies tag-affordable-care-act tag-donald-trump tag-health-insurance-premiums tag-health-policy tag-jeffrey-epstein tag-republican-party tag-trump-health-care-plan category-featured category-health-care category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/14\/trump-health-care-plan-epstein-scandal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imrs.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump Could Deal With the Epstein Scandal by Addressing Health Care\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imrs.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imrs.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imrs.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imrs.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imrs.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imrs.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/14\/trump-health-care-plan-epstein-scandal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trump Could Deal With the Epstein Scandal by Addressing Health Care\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/bill-scher\/\">Bill Scher<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-14T05:00:00-05:00\">November 14, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162543\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-affordable-care-act tag-gop-healthcare-plan tag-healthcare-policy tag-kaiser-family-foundation tag-medicaid-cuts tag-medical-costs tag-one-big-ugly-bill tag-trump-healthcare tag-uninsured-rate tag-universal-coverage category-featured category-health-care category-main type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/06\/republicans-have-stopped-pretending-to-care-about-healthcare\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Republicans Have Stopped Pretending to Care About Health Care\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25307694008229-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/06\/republicans-have-stopped-pretending-to-care-about-healthcare\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Republicans Have Stopped Pretending to Care About Health Care<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/merrill-goozner\/\">Merrill Goozner<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-06T05:00:00-05:00\">November 6, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162103\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-affordable-care-act tag-democratic-party tag-donald-trump tag-economic-policy tag-gig-economy tag-government-shutdown tag-health-care tag-self-employed tag-small-business tag-washington-monthly category-featured category-health-care category-main category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/10\/22\/government-shutdown-health-care-for-gig-workers-sole-proprietors\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Government Shutdown Fallout: A Reminder That We Still Need Health Care for Gig Workers, Sole Proprietors\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25239566995742-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/10\/22\/government-shutdown-health-care-for-gig-workers-sole-proprietors\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Government Shutdown Fallout: A Reminder That We Still Need Health Care for Gig Workers, Sole Proprietors\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/david-atkins\/\">David Atkins<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-10-22T05:00:00-04:00\">October 22, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-10-22T08:38:21-04:00\">October 22, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_fb0a85cc-1fcf-4da6-8641-9b2d299c9000\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8476c6334c97c4fd9b1a8c5109438875\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/russias-war-on-ukraine\/\">Russia&#8217;s War on Ukraine<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"134700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162856\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-foreign-policy tag-jd-vance tag-marco-rubio tag-national-security tag-nobel-peace-prize tag-russia tag-trump tag-ukraine tag-vladimir-putin tag-volodymyr-zelensky category-featured category-politics category-russias-war-on-ukraine type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/26\/ukraine-trump-narcissism\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Could Trump\u2019s Narcissism Save Ukraine?\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25290636202842-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/11\/25\/trump-ukraine-plan-three-lessons\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Three Lessons From Trump\u2019s Latest Plan for Ukraine\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/author\/tamar-jacoby\/\">Tamar Jacoby<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-11-25T05:00:00-05:00\">November 25, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"162115\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-defense-spending tag-emmanuel-macron tag-eu-policy tag-europe tag-european-union tag-friedrich-merz tag-nato tag-russia tag-ukraine-war tag-ursula-von-der-leyen category-featured category-foreign-policy category-main category-russias-war-on-ukraine type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/10\/23\/europe-ukraine-defense-russia-action\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Can Europe\u00a0Turn Tough\u00a0Talk on Russia into Action?\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonmonthly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288584901333-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/12\/10\/scandal-about-scandals-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Scandal About Scandals<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A new book says polarization breeds impunity. 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