The Washington Monthly
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The Washington Monthly is a monthly magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C..
The magazine's founder is Charles Peters, who started the magazine in 1969 and continues to write columns occasionally. Paul Glastris, former speechwriter for Bill Clinton, has been the Monthly's editor-in-chief since 2001. Author and journalist Markos Kounalakis is the magazine's current president and publisher. Past staff editors of the magazine include Taylor Branch, James Fallows, David Ignatius, Nicholas Lemann, Mickey Kaus, Jonathan Alter, and Jon Meacham.
The politics of the Monthly are firmly left of center, though somewhat moderately so.
The Monthly is one of a growing number of magazines to feature a continuing blog; the popular "Political Animal" is written principally by Kevin Drum with frequent guest contributions by the Monthly's current and alumni editors.
In 2005, the Monthly published a unique ranking that focused on universities' contributions to national service in three areas (Research: total research spending, Ph.D.s granted in science and engineering; Community Service: the number of students in ROTC, Peace Corps, etc.; and Social Mobility: percentage of, and support for, Pell Grant recipients).
External links
- [Washington Monthly website]
- [Peace Corps biography of Charlie Peters, Founder of Washington Monthly]
- [2005 Washington Monthly National College Rankings]
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