Well, okay, I have finally gotten the new issue of the Washington Monthly posted online. Here’s a peek at the Table of Contents. Obviously, the issue has as its theme the difficulties facing the Millennial generation, but there are also some other excellent articles and book reviews. Have a look.
Editor’s Note: Ancient Greece’s Middle-Out Strategy
by Paul Glastris
Paying Providence … Journalists not jailbirds … Live from New York, it’s election season …
Ten Miles Square
The Monthly Interview: John Sarbanes
A conversation with Representative John Sarbanes, on a new campaign finance idea to get lawmakers more focused on voters than big-money contributors.
Features
Surprising numbers of white working class voters will support the Democratic agenda-if Democrats promise to reform the government that would carry it out.
What did the Wisconsin governor’s union busting actually accomplish for the “hardworking taxpayers” of his state? And what do his actions tell us about how he might govern as president?
How Hillary Clinton and her diplomats kept authoritarianism at bay in Eastern Europe.
Why is America Losing the Commercial Drone Wars?
For years, lobbyists and conservatives have managed to wrap regulatory agencies in ever more procedural red tape. Now those restrictions are hamstringing what ought to be a sprinting American industry.
How the “sharing economy” allows Millennials to cope with downward mobility, and also makes them poorer.
By focusing on the growing riches of the “1 percent,” we miss another form of inequality that is bigger, and arguably even more dangerous.
The Lost Entrepreneurial Generation?
Millennials are starting fewer businesses than previous generations. Here’s what might be holding them back.
Can shared equity make homeownership safe for Millennials?
How New Orleans Made Charter Schools Work
Since Katrina, the Crescent City’s schools have produced what some experts believe to be the most rapid academic improvement in American history-and created a reform model other cities are trying.
The GOP Congress is working on a new toxic chemical bill. Should Obama sign it, or wait for the next president to get a better deal?
On Political Books
Efforts to elevate Ronald Reagan’s reputation to Rooseveltian heights continue. Time to stand athwart historians, and yell “Stop!”
Why today’s Congress can no longer cope with complex problems.
Ex-offenders need jobs to stay out of Jail. But easy access to criminal records, a gift of the internet age, means than employers won’t hire them.
Are Millennials really more alienated from politics than youth in generations past?
I’ll be doing a little promotional work for this issue over the next couple of weeks, but I should otherwise be able to return to our regularly scheduled programming.
Let me know what you think of our work.
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