Cover Story
Just the Medicine
How the next president can lower drug prices with the stroke of a pen. By Alicia Mundy
Editor’s Note
Hillary Opens the Overton Window
The larger political sphere is finally wising u on antitrust policy. By Paul Glastris
Other Features
Top Cop
As police chief of gritty Richmond, California, Chris Magnus embraced Black Lives Matter, all but eliminated fatal shootings by police, and cut the homicide rate in half. By Steve Early
How to Make Conservatism Great Again
To save their party from Trumpism, Republicans need to once again take on monopolists. By Phillip Longman
Higher Red
Why China’s universities may never make the grade as world-class institutions. By Josh Freedman
On Political Books
The Enigma of Ulysses S. Grant
A magisterial new biography fails to crack the mystery of America’s greatest general. By Allen C. Guelzo
Trump’s Supporters Revealed
Two new books underscore the big lesson of 2016: GOP base voters hate big government spending only when the “wrong” people benefit. By Lee Drutman
Seven Habits of Successful Nations
Some unlikely places around the world are tackling some of the world’s toughest challenges and winning. By Charles Kenny
One for the Money
How Alan Greenspan’s disastrous reign at the Fed came to be. By Ryan Cooper
The Revolution Will Be Analyzed
America changed in 1969, but our history isn’t quite complete. By Norman Kelley
What Drives Social Justice?
Author Mark Smith says religion lags behind culture. Maybe it is the other way around. By Samuel Buntz
Pluribus et Unum
The history of American politics as a tug-of-war between our individualist and collectivist identities. By Jennifer Miller
The Strongest Branch of Liberty
Louis Fisher reminds us that historically it has been Congress—dysfunction and all—that has most advanced our rights. By Kevin R. Kosar and Adam Chan
