Can the US Provide a Public Option for Prescription Drugs? Can the US Provide a Public Option for Prescription Drugs?
Patient advocates and health-care experts say the government can get into the generic pharmaceuticals business—and it wouldn’t even require a new law.
Oct 1, 2018 / Joel Dodge and Sean McElwee
How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty
In December, a group of low-income mothers in Mississippi will begin receiving $1,000 a month, no strings attached.
Oct 1, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient
The nominee’s full record should be examined, including his many misleading and false statements to the Senate.
Sep 28, 2018 / John Nichols
The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings
It’s difficult. It hurts. It’s unfair. But women will keep telling our stories.
Sep 28, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’ Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’
Co-founder Dr. Sherri Williams looks back on a year of amplifying black students’ voices and what comes next.
Sep 28, 2018 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams
Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era
Immigrant networks ought to be supported and funded, not dismantled and driven into hiding.
Sep 28, 2018 / Kavitha Rajagopalan
No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination
Senators cannot provide advice and consent when basic questions have not been answered.
Sep 27, 2018 / John Nichols
Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It. Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.
Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.
Sep 27, 2018 / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi
Our Housing-Voucher Program Is Broken Our Housing-Voucher Program Is Broken
Landlords regularly refuse to rent to voucher holders, defeating the point of the program.
Sep 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim
Long before the recent charges against him, we already had evidence of Kavanaugh’s disturbing lack of empathy for rape victims.
Sep 27, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro