Joy Ashford

The developer and arts patron offers music lovers a different kind of fall arts-season opener with “Serenade on the Avenue.”

Category: Political Animal  Washington Monthly

An attorney explains how the NCAA case set back the antitrust law.

On LGBTQ Rights, the Supreme Court Punts Yet Again  Washington Monthly

Lindsey Graham is making headlines today by promising to be the latest Senator to support a “bipartisan” infrastructure deal in the Senate. There is no reason to believe he--or any other Republicans involved in these supposed “negotiations”--is acting in good faith. There is ...

Left-leaning thinkers have been inveighing against the problems of globalized capitalism for decades. From Stiglitz’ Globalization and Its Discontents to Klein’s This Changes Everything, arguments have been marshalled against the relentless profit-seeking globalization of manufacturing ...

The Republican leader is threatening to derail another Democratic Supreme Court nominee. Why the oldest Justice should play hardball, too.

Former CIA Officer: Close Guantánamo  Washington Monthly

If current trends hold, the already toxic political conversation around COVID-19 is likely to get much, much worse. Among the most problematic trends in public health is the politicization of COVID vaccination. Put simply, communities that lean Democratic are rapidly getting vaccinated while com ...

For most of its existence, the left “netroots” (or “blogosphere” or whatever you want to call it) has been focused on media criticism as much or more than partisan politics itself. From the earliest days of Eschaton, MyDD and DailyKos, as much as writers and activists took ai ...

Why Is No One Reading Trump's Blog?  Washington Monthly

What will the institutions of liberal democracy do when Republican officials simply refuse to concede Democratic victories? The question isn’t as far-fetched as it may seem, and the reckoning may be coming far sooner than most expect. The entire left-leaning political world has spent the mo ...

India's Long Struggle to Breathe  Washington Monthly

The Roberts-era First Amendment is very protective of millionaires; does it also protect high-schoolers cursing at the Cocoa Hut?

Gerrymandering (Probably) Won't Give Republicans the House  Washington Monthly

Caitlyn Jenner's Candidacy Is a Symptom of Republican Desperation  Washington Monthly

Should Biden Pack the Supreme Court?  Washington Monthly

Listen to most conservatives--and a great many Democrats--and they’ll say they’re looking forward to 2022. The reasoning is simple: conventional wisdom says that conservatives are likely to win the House and retake the Senate in under two years. Predictions markets are favoring both of ...

Ernest Hemingway, the Darkness and the Light  Washington Monthly

How “Corn Pop” Explains Biden's Negotiation Strategy  Washington Monthly