Age of Anxiety
America seems to be in the midst of a full-blown panic attack. Is there anything we can do about it?
Health Care
Howard Schultz Learned All the Wrong Lessons From His Childhood
Why is the former Starbucks CEO obsessed with the national debt? Because his father fell on hard times.
The Fight to Save Independent Health Care in the Age of Medical Monopolies
Can a New Mexico oncologist succeed in breaking up the state's biggest health care provider?
Paul Ryan Wrote His Own Obituary, and It’s Delusional
The House speaker's plea to midterm voters is a perfect summation of a fraudulent political career.
Is the Democratic Party Progressive Enough for Muslims?
This election season has shown that Muslim-Americans are demanding more of the one party willing to give them a political home.
The Democrats’ Incredible Shrinking Message
Impeachment? #MeToo? Corruption? Collusion? Nope, nope, nope, nope.
How to Win in Trump Country
For Joe Manchin, it's simple: Keep it local. Focus on health care. And don't run against the president.
Red-State Voters Take Medicaid Expansion Into Their Own Hands
The midterms will feature four ballot initiatives in Republican territory.
What’s Missing From the Medicare for All Debate
Supporters of Bernie Sanders's plan and mainstream media fact-checkers are accusing each other of misleading the public about its costs.
The 2018 Midterms Are All About Health Care
As the impact of Trump's attack on Obamacare becomes clear to voters, Democrats are going all-in on Medicare for All.
How Big Pharma Was Captured by the One Percent
The industry's price-gouging economic model was engineered by Wall Street and its political enablers—and only Washington can fix it.
Building a NASA for Prescription Drugs
A bold solution to America's soaring drug prices
A New Deal for Day Care
Can America change the way it takes care of kids?
The Mental Health Scapegoat
The GOP's hand-wringing over "deranged" individuals distracts from America's real pathology: guns.
How Religious Health Care Hurts Women of Color
A new study shows that restrictions at Catholic hospitals have a disproportionate racial impact.
Can Obamacare Survive Without the Individual Mandate?
How the Republican tax bill will resolve a decade-old Democratic fight
Donald Trump Has Already Carved a Lasting Legacy
The tax reform bill crowns a year’s worth of policies that will be difficult, perhaps even impossible, to reverse.
The End of the Obama Era
How Republicans undid so many of his accomplishments in a single year
How to Wreck an Already Weak Health Care System
The failure to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program reveals the confusing, precarious nature of the U.S. social safety net.
The History of Putting a Price on Everything
Why policymakers calculate the cost of life and death, sickness and health
