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Vote While You Still Can
When Hungarians went to the polls last month to defeat the authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, they did so in record numbers. A historic 77.8 percent of voters cast ballots—Hungary’s highest turnout ever.
The last time U.S. voter t...
An AI crash is coming. What then?
In an ominous sign for the artificial intelligence industry, OpenAI reported this week that it had missed its targets for new users and revenue.
The revelation sparked fresh worries about an AI bubble—and an imminent AI crash. According t...
Why Americans don't trust higher education
Credit: Associated Press
Higher education has been buzzing about a new report from Yale University on the decline of public trust in colleges and universities.
The report is unexpectedly self-flagellatory, which is why it’s earned hyperb...
You could have filed your taxes for free this year...
Credit: Associated Press
In 2024, Joe Biden’s administration piloted Direct File, a free tax filing program offered by the Internal Revenue Service to save taxpayers time and money.
More than 140,000 taxpayers participated, and a subsequ...
Trump's budget: Cruelty, contempt, and endless debt
Trump’s budget is a conflagration of bad ideas.
The headline number from the Trump Administration’s fiscal 2027 budget, released last week, was the eye-watering $1.5 trillion demanded for the “Department of War.”
But that’s not the only...
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Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent magazine based in Washington, D.C. Our mission: To preserve democracy and champion good governance through honest journalism and thoughtful commentary.
Bill Scher is the Politics Editor at the Washington Monthly, as well as a contributor to POLITICO and Real Clear Politics. He is a co-host of the online political show "The DMZ," and the host of the history podcast "When America Worked."
Senior Editor, Washington Monthly. Author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America's Poor (New Press 2024). anneskim.com
Intellectually honest independent journalist and columnist. Author of ‘Too Dumb to Fail’ and ‘Filthy Rich Politicians.’ Media criticism, news and culture, with a dose of humor.
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