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25 Years After 9/11, What Have We Learned?
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1421+ words) Christian Caryl is the author of Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century. He has worked as an Opinions editor at The Washington Post, a foreign correspondent for Newsweek, and an editor and columnist at Foreign Policy. For a…...
The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (270+ words) Editor’s Note: Five years ago, the Monthly published this piece, which remains timely today as political violence smolders and news media face continued financial challenges. Everyone who wasn’t a young child that day has a 9/11 story. Mine is less emotional…...
Will It Be a Blue Wave?
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (25+ words) With limited data, exactly how many Republican incumbents are in trouble is hard to know. But Democrats have good reason to expect a blue wave...
Are Men Okay?
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1361+ words) Washington Monthly In the summer of 2023, the British journalist Jon Ronson’s adult son Joel attended what was billed as a party at a real-life castle in Connecticut. But there was no party. Inside the vast, nearly empty hall, the guests…...
Media’s Misleading Voting Coverage Poses Dangers
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (179+ words) The media is an important protector of democracy. It has an obligation to be accurate and clear, especially amid the fast-moving changes in election litigation. Misleading media reports on the legality of Trump’s executive order only exacerbate the problem. In…...
What You Need to Know About Election Threats This Fall
1+ week, 1+ day ago (19+ words) The most significant election threats this fall aren't Russian interference or terrorism. It’s our own federal government....
Amy Acton Won’t Debate. It’s Worked Before
1+ week, 3+ day ago (23+ words) Many pundits wrote off Katie Hobbs when she wouldn’t debate Kari Lake, but now she’s Arizona’s governor on the verge of winning reelection....
It’s Time for Our Own Gloria Days
1+ week, 3+ day ago (425+ words) Gloria Steinem, the feminist icon, author, activist, and organizer is dead at 92, leaving the women’s rights movement mournful—and determined....
???The Health Care Crisis and How to Fix It??
1+ week, 3+ day ago (352+ words) Democrats have glommed onto proposals such as the impractical Medicare for All and the inadequate public option. There’s a better way....
The Feminist Was a Spy
1+ week, 3+ day ago (267+ words) The late, great Gloria Steinem did a stint with the CIA. Would today’s CIA have a place for someone like her?...