Trump Will Need to Throw Flynn to the Wolves Now
The president can no longer say that feels sorry for Flynn or that he’s a good man.
What Happens to National Security After Gutting the State Department
Donald Trump and Rex Tillerson are engaging in mindless vandalism in Foggy Bottom.
Michael Flynn's Indictment Is Very Bad News for Trump
He has pled guilty to lying to federal investigators, and could now turn against the president.
The Anti-Republican Republicans
Trump isn’t the only Republican with a blatant disregard for our democratic norms.
Democrats Should Reject the Defeatism of Serwer and Coates
Things are not as bleak as they appear.
Magazine
The Democrats Confront Monopoly
Taking on corporate concentration has gone from a fringe idea to a key plank of the party’s strategy. Here’s how that happened—and why it matters.
Our nation’s most severely wounded and critically ill veterans can turn to Semper Fi Fund for help rebuilding their lives after the personal devastations of war.
By offering low-income high school seniors a paid professional internship, mentoring, and other support, Urban Alliance is expanding prospects for aspiring young adults.
Political Animal
Steve Bannon Disparages Mormon Missionary Work
He suggested that Mormons who do missionary work in wartime are cowards who lack honor and integrity.
Politics
What Happens to National Security After Gutting the State Department
Donald Trump and Rex Tillerson are engaging in mindless vandalism in Foggy Bottom.
Republic 3.0
The Path to Medicare-for-All Starts with Medicare-for-Kids
The mechanics of single-payer are daunting. Could government-run health insurance for all American children be an attainable first step?
Economy
Made in America
Trade deals like NAFTA have left behind the working class. But, disaffected workers don’t have to be an inevitable outcome of globalization.
Education
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Open Educational Resources Haven’t Upended the Way that K-12 Schools Get Course Materials – Yet
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Amherst To Take In Puerto Rican Students Displaced By Maria
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Will the Ghost of Tracking’s Past Haunt Youth Apprenticeship’s Future?
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States Will Soon Be Free to Transform Standardized Testing, But Most Won’t
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Federal Data Shows 3.9 Million Students Dropped out of College with Debt in 2015 and 2016
Health Care
Trump’s Threat to Veterans’ Health Care
It would be a mistake to privatize America’s best-performing health care system.
Books
How the Rich Rig Regulations
A new book exposes the pernicious regulations that make the rich richer and the poor poorer—while shrinking the total economic pie.