Political operative Nathaniel Stinnett’s brilliantly simple plan to turn out environmental voters.
April/May/June 2018
The Untapped Potential of the Asian Voter
Asian Americans are the Democrats’ fastest-growing constituency, but the party has failed to mobilize them. That’s a major missed opportunity.
The Case for Single-Price Health Care
We could largely solve the cost crisis simply by making Medicare prices universal.
Their Own Medicine
Patient activists were once at the forefront of lowering the cost of life-saving medication. To solve today’s prescription drug crisis, they’ll have to find their voice again.
To Tame the Tech Giants, We Need to Secure Our Digital Borders
The government must force platforms like Facebook and Google to obey the terms of new, digital licenses—or get kicked out of the U.S. market.
The Monthly Interview: A Conversation with Christopher B. Leinberger
Want to stop the gentrification of old urban neighborhoods? Build new ones.
Voter Registration Won’t Save the Democrats
Progressives need to target the large pool of citizens who are registered but don’t bother to vote.
JFK and the Paradox of Leadership
The president’s “wilderness tour” showed that even the greatest politicians can only bring the country forward when the public is willing to be led.
The Libertarian Who Accidentally Helped Make the Case for Regulation
George Mason economist Alex Tabarrok set out to prove that federal regulations are strangling the economy. That’s not what he found.
‘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?
More Heart Than Science
Industrialized health care has suppressed the human interaction that forms the ineffable “art” of medicine—while failing to achieve true efficiency.
The Tragedy of Thailand
How a model of democratization became patient zero for the global rise of authoritarianism.
How Southern Plutocrats Betrayed America
The slaveholding oligarchy was defeated in the Civil War. But concentrations of wealth and power continue to threaten our democracy.
Liberal Democracy Is Not the Problem
With authoritarianism on the rise at home and abroad, now is no time to give up on the American experiment.