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August 18, 2025
Monica Potts
How Red-State Republicans Thwart the Left-Wing Desires of Their Voters
Voters in GOP-controlled states are passing progressive policies at the ballot—only to watch Republican legislators repeal them. Will it change how voters choose candidates?
July 11, 2025
Robert McCoy
Republican Governor Overturns Voters and Repeals Paid Sick Leave
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe defied his constituents and proudly repealed paid sick leave just after it went into effect.
January 25, 2023
Hirsh Chitkara
The Cruel Tyranny of Sick Notes
Your boss asking for a doctor’s note is more about controlling labor than worker health.
December 1, 2020
Nick Martin
Welcome to the Pandemic Cliff
The end of the year is a month away, and remaining relief programs are expiring. We are desperately unprepared for what waits on the other side.
March 4, 2020
J.C. Pan
Facing a Pandemic in the New Gilded Age
While the rich seek concierge care, workers without paid time off and insurance are left with few options but to punch in and hope for the best.
July 10, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Obamacare Is Working, But Some Insurers Are Behaving Badly

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