Co-editor Robert Kuttner’s Best of 2024
Health & Social Policy
Posted inPolitics
Best of 2024: Emma Janssen
Our writing fellow details her favorite stories of the year.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Plutocracy Kills
From the Boeing door plug blowout to the assassination of Brian Thompson to the never-ending oligarch-fueled genocide of Gaza, 2024 was not a year of moral ambiguity or nuance.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Care Faces an Uncertain Future in Washington, D.C.
Threats to home rule could shatter the city’s status as a safe haven.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Montana State Supreme Court Upholds Historic Climate Decision
Young activists persevere in their efforts to stave off climate change and protect their environmental heritage.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The VA’s Self-Made Dialysis Disaster
The agency has been getting played for years, but is reluctant to change.
Posted inEducation in America
School Violence and Misplaced Faith in Cellphones
Phones don’t stop bullets or fights.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Congressional Drug-Pricing Reforms Upend Trump’s Strategy
He has typically allied with Big Pharma, pointing fingers at pharmacy benefit managers. But a bipartisan agreement could do away with that gambit.
Posted inWorking in America
These Nurses Got a Union—but Say They Can’t Get a Contract Without a Strike
Six hundred New Orleans nurses join a national surge in pre-contract strikes.
