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The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas
Some of its candidates have won, others have lost. But the movement is succeeding where it counts.
Aug 16, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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How Medicare Was Won How Medicare Was Won
The history of the fight for single-payer health care for the elderly and poor should inform today's movement to win for Medicare for All.
Aug 6, 2018 / Natalie Shure
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Abdul El-Sayed Is Running for Governor of Michigan on a Platform That Embraces the Future Abdul El-Sayed Is Running for Governor of Michigan on a Platform That Embraces the Future
The visionary candidate has a plan to close the digital divide, save net neutrality, and achieve digital democracy.
Jul 23, 2018 / John Nichols
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Donald Trump Just Got Everything Wrong About the UK’s Health Care System Donald Trump Just Got Everything Wrong About the UK’s Health Care System
And Jeremy Corbyn isn’t having it.
Feb 5, 2018 / John Nichols
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The Health-Care Industry Is Sick The Health-Care Industry Is Sick
My insurer denied me coverage for a breathing machine and revealed the flaws of the for-profit health-care system.
Jan 16, 2018 / Ady Barkan
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Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail
Bernie Sanders and John Conyers are proposing massive changes, for a huge number of people, in a very short space of time. There’s a better, less risky way.
Nov 20, 2017 / Joshua Holland
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Trump Is Deliberately Trying to Cripple Obamacare Trump Is Deliberately Trying to Cripple Obamacare
And the threat won’t go away until we have a better, simpler health-care system.
Oct 13, 2017 / David Dayen
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The Shocking Dishonesty of the GOP’s Latest Repeal Push The Shocking Dishonesty of the GOP’s Latest Repeal Push
Since when should success be punished?
Sep 19, 2017 / David Dayen
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Is State-Level Single Payer Within Reach? Is State-Level Single Payer Within Reach?
Scandinavian-style health care is part of at least one candidate’s platform for 2018.
Aug 1, 2017 / Ann Jones
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Hold JPMorgan Chase Accountable for Profiting Off Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants Hold JPMorgan Chase Accountable for Profiting Off Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants
You can also show your support for workers in a Nissan plant in Mississippi and lobby your members of Congress to think beyond resistance.
Aug 1, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction