Paul Glastris

Washington, D.C.

Editor-in-Chief at Washington Monthly

EIC of @monthly from my dining room table; former Bill Clinton speechwriter; co-author, The Other College Guide; co-founder, @voteathome; St. Louis Cards fan

Articles

Ep. 15: Can Economic Affirmative Action Replace DEI?

3 weeks ago | washingtonmonthly.com | Anne Kim |Paul Glastris

Washington Monthly Ep. 15: Can Economic Affirmative Action Replace DEI?
Remembering Kevin Drum

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Paul Glastris

My friend and colleague, who died this month, was not only a pioneer blogger but also a journalist who should have won the Pulitzer Prize. Source link
Remembering Kevin Drum

1 month ago | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris

One day in early 2004, I called my senior editor at the Washington Monthly, Josh Marshall, with a proposition: Would he be interested in moving his blog, Talkingpointsmemo.com (TPM), which he was then writing on the side, to the Washington Monthly, and work on it full time?
Trump is About to Step on Putin's Trap

2 months ago | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris |Christian Caryl

Speaking by video at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Donald Trump seemed to open the door for a super deal with Russia and potentially China that would involve both a settlement of the war in Ukraine and a new arms control treaty. “We want to see if we can denuclearize,” Trump said, “and I think that’s very possible.” Some observers praised Trump’s diplomatic ambitions as Reagan-like.
Hegseth: It’s "just a Question of Time Before the Staff Start Covering Up for Him."

Jan 15, 2025 | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, endured a four-hour confirmation hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. He faced sharp questioning from Democrats, who pointed out Hegseth’s lack of significant management experience, his oft-stated (though suddenly repudiated) opposition to women in combat rolls, his history of womanizing and alleged sexual assault, and documented accounts of heavy drinking, including on the job.
January/February/March 2025

Jan 5, 2025 | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris |Phillip Longman |Bill Scher |Will Norris

Posted inJanuary/February/March 2025 The January/February/March issue is here.
The Democrats’ Next Agenda

Jan 5, 2025 | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris

For many years, outside observers, including the editors of this magazine, have warned that the Democratic Party cannot win if it continues to hemorrhage the support of working-class Americans. The results of the November election should put an end to any debate about this. The tragedy is that as president, Joe Biden did a lot to try to bring back these voters. He openly supported unions and was the first sitting president to walk a picket line.
Open a New Front for Racial Justice

Jan 5, 2025 | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris

This article is from a cover package of essays entitled Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself. Find the full series here. If there’s one message the Washington Monthly has been trying to get across over the years in its writing about higher education, it’s this: Stop obsessing over wealthy elite universities that educate the few, and pay more attention to the underfunded, unfancy schools that educate the many.
Tutorize, Don’t Privatize, Public Schools

Jan 5, 2025 | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris

This article is from a cover package of essays entitled Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself. Find the full series here. The subject of K–12 education barely came up during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Biden's Cold-Blooded Victories | Washington Monthly

Dec 19, 2024 | washingtonmonthly.com | Paul Glastris

In an informative assessment of the state of U.S. and world security, James D. Zirin argues in the Washington Monthly this week that even amid rising threats such as a reinvigorated China-Russia axis against the West, “America’s adversaries are weaker as the Biden era ends.” I think he’s right. But his analysis also points to an underappreciated truth: we are and have been, for some years, in an undeclared proxy war with Russia and Iran.