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March 6, 2023
Jason Linkins
The Deficit Hawks Are Circling the Biden Administration
It’s been a season of solid economic ideas from the White House. But some bad ideas are starting to bubble up from Washington’s sordid corners.
March 2, 2023
Alex Shephard
Trump Has One Good Campaign Idea, and It’s Wrecking the GOP
In 2016, Trump won by promising not to cut Social Security and Medicare. Republicans refuse to learn from him.
February 27, 2023
Timothy Noah
Here’s How to Save Social Security—if Democrats Have the Stones to Do It
It’s true—our entitlement programs face bankruptcy. The Republicans’ ideas are nonsense. Here’s what the Democrats should say.
February 9, 2023
Tori Otten
Republicans Have Long Wanted to Cut Medicare and Social Security. Don’t Fall for the Fake Outrage Now.
You’d never suspect it from their reactions to Biden’s State of the Union. But here’s the proof.
February 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Biden Gets Republicans to Promise They Won’t Cut Medicare or Social Security During State of the Union
Okay, Dark Brandon, you go.
October 19, 2022
Matt Ford
The Next Debt Ceiling Crisis Will Be the Democrats’ Fault
Republicans have been publicly proclaiming their intention to take the economy hostage for a long while. There may not be time to stop them now.
December 29, 2021
Faiz Shakir
Harry Reid Was a Tireless Warrior for the Working Class
The most important politician to ever hail from Nevada, the late senator never forgot his hardscrabble beginnings and the promises he made to the American people.
March 2, 2021
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Case That Lays Bare Puerto Ricans’ “Second-Class Citizenship”
Why are residents of the island commonwealth denied certain federal benefits that are given to U.S. citizens nearly everywhere else? The justices have decided to take up that question.
February 2, 2021
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Alexander Zaitchik
The Forever Disease: How Covid-19 Became a Chronic Condition
Thousands of people have been suffering a slew of crazy postinfection syndromes for months—and there’s no end in sight.
December 11, 2020
Heather Souvaine Horn
The American Fetish for Elderly Elites
The United States has two speeds when it comes to older people: sycophancy for the powerful, contempt for everyone else.
September 29, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Elite Sisterhood of Amy Coney Barrett
Her nomination to the Supreme Court isn’t just about overturning Roe. It’s about redefining womanhood.
June 22, 2020
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Kathryn Joyce
No Money, No Lawyer, No Justice
The vast, hidden inequities of the civil legal system
June 17, 2020
Timothy Noah
Trump Is Losing His Hold on the Senior Vote
America’s gerontocratic voters helped put the president in office, but the latest polls show their affections are shifting.
May 19, 2020
J.C. Pan
Rebuilding Retirement After the Pandemic
The coronavirus crisis has revealed some enduring flaws in America’s civic immune system. It may have also illuminated a time-honored cure.
March 27, 2019
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Rachel M. Cohen
The New Politics of the Retirement Crisis
As 18 million Baby Boomers brace for the financial insecurity of old age, Democrats are pushing to expand Social Security and other elderly benefits.
June 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Social Security and Medicare troubles could be winning issue for Democrats.
May 1, 2018
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Bryce Covert
A New Deal for Day Care
Can America change the way it takes care of kids?
March 22, 2018
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Alan S. Blinder
Most Illogical
An economist’s view of the American political process
March 16, 2018
Eileen Markey
What Happened to Irish America?
Irish Americans used to be progressive champions for the oppressed and the downtrodden. Now many of them are Trump voters.
February 13, 2018
David Dayen
The Big Budget Deal Isn’t Irresponsible
Fiscal scolds say the bipartisan agreement will irreparably damage the country. In truth, it will help those hurt the most by the Great Recession.
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