The Week's Best Articles From the Washington Monthly

Jonathan Alter reports from the Trump trial ... Are the Gaza protests only happening at elite schools ... Surprising results in a new study of cannabis ... and more

The Week's Best Articles From the Washington Monthly

Day 19: Trump Stumbles Near the Finish Line of the Hush Money Trial: Contributing Editor Jonathan Alter, reporting from the courtroom, details the final day of the prosecution's case. Click here for the full story and click here for the Day 18 dispatch.

Are Gaza Protests Happening Mostly at Elite Colleges?: Associate Editor Marc Novicoff and Robert Kelchen, professor of education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, crunch the numbers regarding where the encampments are happening, and where they are not. Click here for the full story.

Trump’s Plans for Mass Deportation Would Be an Economic Disaster: Contributing Writer Robert J. Shapiro explains how Trump would undermine several industries, wreck the labor market and fuel inflation. Click here for the full story.

This Isn’t Your Father’s Marijuana Use: Jonathan Caulkins, Carnegie Mellon University public policy professor, and Keith Humphreys, Stanford University psychiatry professor, detail a new study showing daily cannabis use is outpacing daily alcohol consumption. Click here for the full story.

Another Biden Accomplishment: 200 Judges and Counting: Politics Editor Bill Scher analyzes the president's reshaping of the federal judiciary. Click here for the full story.

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