A Journal of Ideas

Features

How to Fix the Civil Service

It was broken long before Donald Trump. Here’s what went wrong—and how we can repair it.

By Margaret Mullins

Book Reviews

Is the Age of Equality Over?

Some people sure seem to think it should be. Actually, some people have thought this for a very long time.

By Michael Kazin

Book Reviews

Rate Players

The utility companies’ ploys to avoid regulation and thwart public power turn out to be as old as the industry itself.

By Marissa P. Gillett

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Features

Governance in an Anti-System Age

By Deepak Bhargava Felicia Wong

Symposium

A Department of Education—And Then Some

By Kevin Carey

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Book Reviews

Whose Fourth of July?

What 250 years of American commemorations reveal about our racial divide.

By Lester Spence

Features

How Monopoly Fascism Rose Again

A generation of Americans learned from Nazi Germany that monopolies fuel fascism. It's time we relearned that lesson.

By Ron Knox

Features

Fighting Wall Street’s Monopolies

Finance has consolidated within itself while fostering crushing market power throughout the economy. Here's how we can do better.

By Carter Dougherty

Arguments

The Solution to the AI Catch-22

As young workers face massive scarring from AI, there's one obvious fix Washington must pursue.

By Gene Sperling Josh Waldman

Symposium

Don’t Forget the Family

By Elliot Haspel Joe Waters

Symposium

Why High Schools Are the Linchpin

By James Kvaal

Symposium

The Three Pillars of a New Era

By Miguel A. Cardona

Symposium

Tapping the Brakes on Devices

By Randi Weingarten

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