Since millions of East Coast residents are stuck at home under a blanket of wet snow today, we take a look at being stuck, for better or for worse. Signups under the Affordable Care Act are proceeding along nicely, with 3.3 million people having gotten private insurance and another 6 million signing up for Medicaid […]
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Just How Much Do Republicans Hate Unions?
So much they’re willing to fight against a corporation if it’s union-friendly.
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Kuttner, Galston, and the Debate Over the Social Safety Net
Robert Kuttner and William Galston round out our forum on the future of entitlement programs.
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Daily Meme: Northern Liberal Elites Are the Real Racists
On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas indulged in a bit of nostalgia for the glory days of the segregated South, telling a group of Florida college students, “My sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to school” in segregated Savannah, Georgia. […]
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The Devil’s Immigration Glossary
Political language is always twisted and obscurantist—but never more so than when it comes to the immigration debate.
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Racial Fears, Gun Fantasies, and Another Dead Teenager
In the case of Jordan Davis, the intersection of race and firearms turned deadly.
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Shocking Moment of Sanity Occurs in Congress
Could the GOP have finally learned its lesson?
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Stress, Poverty, and the Childhood Reading Gap
A recent study adds to the mounting pile of evidence that a child’s early years are critical for determining later academic success. Poor kids are falling far behind.
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Daily Meme: Cold Days in Political Hell
Let’s face it: Despite the greeting-card companies’ efforts to convince us otherwise, February is the absolute armpit of the calendar year. But if you’re sitting underneath your happy lamp, swathed in layers of post-Christmas fat and long underwear, and thinking that things couldn’t get any worse, take heart-at least you’re not a politician in Georgia […]
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The Death of Dog-Whistle Politics
In today’s media environment, every message you send to your base gets heard by everyone. That’s a problem for the GOP.