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 thoughtful commentary. 

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Founding Editor:  Charles Peters (1926 – 2023)

Contributing Editors: Jonathan Alter, Steve Benen, James Bennet, Thomas N. Bethell, Tom Bethell (1936-2021), Mariah Blake, Daniel Block, Katherine Boo, Taylor Branch, Nicholas Confessore, Matt Connolly, Matthew Cooper, Eric Cortellessa, Michelle Cottle, Kevin Drum, Gregg Easterbrook, Gilad Edelman, Haley Sweetland Edwards, John Eisendrath, James Fallows, T. A. Frank, Daniel Franklin, Grace Gedye, Kukula Kapoor Glastris (1958–2017), John Gravois, Joshua Green, Charles Homans, David Ignatius, Mickey Kaus, Phil Keisling, Ed Kilgore, Anne Kim, Michael Kinsley, Christina Larson, Nicholas Lemann, Suzannah Lessard, Nancy LeTourneau, Arthur Levine, Martin Longman, Joshua Micah Marshall, Jon Meacham, Stephanie Mencimer, Matthew Miller, Rachel Morris, Timothy Noah, Joseph Nocera, Will Norris, John Rothchild (1949–2019), Jonathan Rowe (1946–2011), David Segal, Walter Shapiro (1947-2024), Joshua Wolf Shenk, Scott Shuger (1952–2002), Amy Sullivan, Nicholas Thompson, Amy Waldman, Steven Waldman, Benjamin Wallace-Wells, Robert Worth

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