A Washington, D.C. policy bans ads with religious messages from public transit. Is that constitutional? Supreme Court precedent says yes and no.
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Why Is Trump Leaving Us Defenseless Against Russian Attacks?
There’s increasingly just one conceivable justification for Trump’s silence on Russia aggression—blackmail from the Kremlin.
Donald Trump Cannot Do His Job As Commander-in-Chief. He Must Resign.
Trump’s scandals render him incapable of effectively doing his job.
Planet Earth Gets a Ground Game
Political operative Nathaniel Stinnett’s brilliantly simple plan to turn out environmental voters.
The Case for Single-Price Health Care
We could largely solve the cost crisis simply by making Medicare prices universal.
‘Never Trump’ Conservatives Won’t Save Us
They dislike Trump because of who he is, not what he has done.
Classless
A libertarian economist calls for ending public education as we know it. It’s a radical proposal—and deeply wrong.
Trump Meets Political Science
The profession confronts a grim question: Are we witnessing the end of the world’s oldest democracy?
The Moral Depravity of the Right’s Defense of Scott Pruitt
The right’s commitment to environmental deregulation is trumping any concern about corruption.

