Medical professionals redouble their efforts on tearing down the walls between treating mental and physical illnesses.
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Voting Fights in the States
Less suppression than feared; some surprising progress
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s Travel Ban Is Back
After months of confusion, refugee resettlement agencies brace themselves for the limited travel ban.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Limits of Lying and Cheating
A federal judge’s decision to fine voter-restriction advocate Kris Kobach reminds us that the courts can be a potent ally in protecting voters’ rights.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Has American Airlines Abandoned Its Promise to Airport Workers?
Amid the threat of a high-profile strike one year ago, the airline vowed to clear the path for its contractors’ low-wage employees to unionize. Now, the workers’ union says the company is backtracking.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Government Can Bring Down Drug Prices
It’s done it before when public interest trumps patents.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Dispatches From the Conservative Bubble: GOP Health-Care Edition
How come some Republicans don’t believe that the Ryan and McConnell bills would lead to more deaths? An epistemic blockade, that’s how come.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Very Dangerous Times: Press Attacked by Authoritarian White House
There’s a reason the Founders enshrined the press as the one profession specifically protected in the Bill of Rights.
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘Parents Involved,’ A Decade Later
Contrary to reports, the fight for school integration was not derailed.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Modest Proposal for Mitch McConnell
Moral Republicans can’t believe their bill will really endanger millions of Americans. If it becomes law, they should demonstrate good faith and live with emergency care only— just as many of their constituents will be forced to do.