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Gillen Tener Martin
Gillen Tener Martin is an Associate Editor at the Washington Monthly.
What’s Wrong with The American Revolution by Ken Burns
The acclaimed filmmaker’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the political history of the Revolution remains strangely understated.
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Government Is, in Fact, Broken
It’s slow, inefficient, and sclerotic. A former senior Biden official offers a progressive blueprint to fix it.
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Trump’s Education Tax Credit Gambit
Subsidies for Scholarship Granting Organizations, the latest rage on the right, are being sold as a brilliant innovation to help underprivileged kids. Don’t fall for it.
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A New Path for a Free Palestine
Israel isn’t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There’s a better way.
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Trump Is Trying to Control the Corporate Media. Here’s How You Can Stop Him
The president wants to pick CNN’s owners and decide what CBS News airs. Tax-deductible donations to Washington Monthly keep independent media alive.
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Trump’s Pardon Power Abuses
The president has wide latitude to grant clemency, but Trump has broken all norms and sought even more authority to help his allies.
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Trump’s Sickening Sociopathic Shots at Rob Reiner
All Republicans must be asked if they stand behind their master on this one.
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