The Trump administration is poised to misuse its legal authority in an effort to cull people from the Medicaid rolls.
Notebook
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Low Unemployment Doesn’t Increase Wages Like It Used To
Full employment is still necessary, but rebuilding the middle class also requires dethroning shareholders and boosting worker power.
Posted inWorking in America
Ignoring Police Violence
Baltimore officials accepted a voluntary settlement to reduce police abuses. Jeff Sessions wants to kill it.
Posted inWorking in America
Silk Roadblock
Yo-Yo Ma’s celebrated project for global understanding through music runs into Donald Trump’s sour note.
Posted inWorking in America
Settlements: The Real Story
Fifty years after the Six-Day War, a mistaken account of how settlement began still plagues Israeli politics.
Posted inEducation in America
Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap
The impact of imprisoned parents on children shows how criminal justice policy is education policy.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Instantaneous Injustice of Bail
For Chicago’s poor, who can’t afford attorneys, bail hearings often don’t last longer than a few seconds—and may keep them in jail for want of a few hundred dollars.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Fighting Child Poverty With a Universal Child Allowance
Expanding a strategy on which liberals and conservatives can agree
Posted inNotebook
Corporate America and Donald Trump
Don’t mistake the corporate embrace of diversity for defense of democracy.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Voter Suppression Works Too Well
The Republicans’ quest for a permanent political majority culminated in mammoth voter suppression in 2016. The 2018 midterm election promises both to embolden these efforts and energize resistance.