Delays in funding and new procedures to justify budgets have led to temporary closures and massive uncertainty for programs, workers, and families who rely on child care.
Health & Social Policy
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Chickens and the Eggs
Avian flu outbreaks are exacerbated by the consolidated structure of the poultry industry.
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘Abolitionists’ Push Legislation to Criminalize All Abortions as Homicide
Measures introduced in 13 states this year would impose criminal penalties on people who obtain an abortion.
Posted inWorking in America
Inside the VA’s War on Unions
How some (but not all) VA unions became a national-security threat
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Has the VA Stymied a Profession It Helped Create?
Physician assistants could help with the Veterans Administration’s staffing challenges. But though the VA pays for training scholarships, PAs have found it hard to get work there.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer
America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s Order to Cut Drug Prices Would Raise Drug Prices
The so-called ‘pill penalty’ fix is a corporate favor designed to increase the period where prescriptions are immune from price negotiations.
Posted inPolitics
Arkansas Dreams Up New Ways to Break the Ballot
The failed 2024 abortion ballot initiative campaign likely fueled a wider legislative backlash to direct democracy.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Republican Budget Plan: Snatch Food From the Mouths of Hungry Children
SNAP cuts are ‘going to have a massive shock wave across the country, and everybody will feel it.’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump Opens the Door to More Medicare Advantage Fraud
Private insurance companies just got a massive boost to their payments through the program, while DOGE fires the people responsible for oversight.