Politics

Gerrymandering (Probably) Won’t Give Republicans the House

The sort of good news about the new Census numbers and recent history shows that performance matters more than map drawing.

Books

Sickness in Health

A journalist’s fly-on-the-wall coverage of one small Ohio hospital reveals the deeper story of America’s broken medical system—and the heartland’s decline.

Economy

The Trillions In Covid Spending Is What the Economy Needed

Should the massive federal assistance have been more targeted?  We should be glad it wasn’t.

Health Care

How Mistreating Nursing Home Staff Helped Spread Covid-19

Poorly paid direct care workers with multiple jobs who can’t afford sick leave spread the pandemic to the most vulnerable. Here’s how we can do better.