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.

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.

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

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

He oriented his presidential campaign around lower- and middle-income Americans and placed rural communities squarely at the ...

Suzanne Mettler is the John L. Senior Chair of American Institutions in the government department at Cornell University. Trevor E. Brown is a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University and an ...

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 ...

Biden policies put the U.S. in a strong position, but Trump is destroying the American battery industry and good American jobs.

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, ...

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

In "The Second Estate," Boston College law professor Ray Madoff argues that America’s tax code has birthed a modern aristocracy.