Good Authority

Good Authority’s mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. Here, political scientists draw on their expertise and the discipline’s research to provide in-depth analysis, illuminate the news, and inform the political conversation. Good Authority is the successor to The Monkey Cage, a site that was founded in 2007 and published at the Washington Post from 2013-2022. Everything we publish is freely available with no paywall or subscription fee. All pieces are under a Creative Commons license and can be copied and redistributed as long as the work is attributed to us and any changes are noted.