Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy. Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy.
And maybe that’s the whole point of the bill.
Mar 15, 2017 / The Nation
Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump? Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump?
The country’s biggest state has a very interesting idea.
Mar 15, 2017 / David Dayen
Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent
Unsurprisingly, Trump wants to get rid of the alternative minimum tax. We need to reform it instead.
Mar 15, 2017 / Helaine Olen
While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding
“Kremlin-puppet” allegations against Trump are said to have crippled Trump’s ability to initiate cooperative relations with Moscow—but have they?
Mar 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump’s Obsession With Cutting Regulations Will Make America Sick Trump’s Obsession With Cutting Regulations Will Make America Sick
If Republicans have their way, curbing air and water pollution will take a back seat to maximizing profits.
Mar 15, 2017 / Michelle Chen
How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class
Regaining the trust of working-class voters who supported Trump will take more than opposition—it will take a real commitment to addressing the challenges that working people face.
Mar 15, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump
The 2016 election was really a battle about having an open society.
Mar 14, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel
Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech? Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech?
By offering Charles Murray not just a platform but also departmental sanction and a presidential introduction, Middlebury let down those students denigrated by his work.
Mar 14, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Donald Trump, Movie Buff and Apparent Time Traveler, Can’t Get Over WWII Donald Trump, Movie Buff and Apparent Time Traveler, Can’t Get Over WWII
The president’s military strategy seems to be entirely rooted in old war movies.
Mar 14, 2017 / Michael T. Klare
Why Does Muhammad Ali Jr. Keep Getting Detained at Airports? Why Does Muhammad Ali Jr. Keep Getting Detained at Airports?
Ali’s legal battle, FIFA-branded teams in illegal Israeli settlements, and the first openly gay Division I scholarship athlete.
Mar 14, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin