Ten Miles Square

After another week of bad news, bad polls and adverse court rulings, has the Trump president hit a tipping point in its power and popularity? Washington Monthly Editor in Chief Paul Glastris and Politics Editor Bill Scher debate Trump's future with contributing editor Anne Kim.

Most Americans don't pay much attention to the US territory of Guam, but this tiny island has outsized strategic importance - especially as China considers how, and when, to retake Taiwan. Hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps speak with longtime foreign correspondent and author Christian Caryl about the Chinese threat to Guam and whether America is ready for a potential attack.

There's plenty that ordinary citizens can do to push back on the Trump regime. They can protest, they can support legal action, they can lobby elected officials, and, above all, they can stay informed. Co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps speak with journalist Timothy Noah about his recent piece for TNR on the tactics of successful resistance.

Chapters

00:00 The Importance of Marching

06:10 Strategies for Citizen Resistance

12:38 Keeping Up with the News

18:03 Addressing Immigration Issues

21:15 Historical Context and Citizen Warriors

25:23 Lessons Learned from Reporting

Has Resistance 2.0 finally arrived? Washington Monthly politics editor Bill Scher and Executive Editor, Digital Matt Cooper chat with contributing editor Anne Kim about the impact of last weekend's massive "Hands Off" demonstrations and what the outcome of last week's special elections in Florida and Wisconsin spell for the viability of GOP electoral prospects in 2026.

Now that the Supreme Court has made racial preferences in college admissions illegal, can class-based affirmative action promote equity? Washington Monthly Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris and Contributing Editor Anne Kim speak with Richard Kahlenberg, the nation's most prominent advocate of economic affirmative action.

In this week's livestream, Washington Monthly Politics Editor Bill Scher and Executive Editor for Digital Matt Cooper chat with host Anne Kim about the political fallout from SignalGate and Donald Trump's reckless imposition of tariffs. "Incompetence" may be the political weapon Democrats need to turn around their political fortunes. Plus, a preview of Tuesday's special elections in Florida and Wisconsin, and Matt's take as a veteran of numerous White House Correspondents' Association dinners on what it means for the WHCA to cancel its headliner comedian.

Donald Trump's abandonment of Ukraine in favor of Russia and Vladimir Putin threatens to upend the global order. Will Europe emerge as a unified force to defend Western democracies in the absence of American leadership? Washington Monthly editor-in-chief Paul Glastris speaks with Tamar Jacoby, Director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute; and Mike Lofgren, author, historian and a leading expert on military weapons systems.

Two themes have animated the last week of Trump's presidency: defiance and revenge. Washington Monthly ediitors Matt Cooper and Bill Scher and contributing editor Anne Kim discuss the potential political fallout of Trump's call to impeach judges who disagree with him. They also talk about the rise of Bernie Sanders and AOC as the face of Democratic resistance and the fate of Sen. Chuck Schumer as minority leader. Bill also shares a bright spot: JD Vance's terrible poll numbers and what that means for the future of Trumpism without Trump.

"Abundance liberalism" is catching fire among Democrats as an economic theory that could revive the progressive left and, with it, the Democratic Party's brand. Its major focus is regulatory reforms to free up bottlenecks in the construction of new housing, infrastructure and sources of energy. But is it enough? Washington Monthly Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris and Editor Nate Weisberg think not. They share their critique with contributing editor Anne Kim.

Colleges and universities potentially face unprecedented financial strain under the Trump administration. While the most significant threat is cuts to funding for research, schools also potentially face cuts in financial aid and higher taxes on endowment.

Washington Monthly Editor in Chief Paul Glastris and contributing editor Anne Kim speak with higher education finance expert Robert Kelchen, who leads the Departmentof Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.