New legal director David Cole thinks he knows how.
Can the ACLU Stop Trump?
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March/April/May 2017
How to Make the Electoral College Work for Everyone
The Constitution asks us to elect a president of the United States, but what we get is a president of Ohio and Florida. There’s an easy way to fix that.
The Thinking Person’s Guide to Infrastructure
Instead of embracing Donald Trump’s vision for gargantuan and indiscriminate building projects, Congress should insist that any federal infrastructure legislation be focused on delivering what the market says Americans want: walkable communities.
The Decline of Black Business
And what it means for American democracy.
A Cure for High Health Care Costs
Republican reform plans misdiagnose the problem. The solution is better care for the minority of patients who drive most of the spending.
How an Obscure Obamacare Provision Is Quietly Saving Lives, and Money, in Missouri
Patients with mental as well as physical illnesses are hard to treat. The Show-Me State has figured out a better, cheaper way, using funds from Obamacare. Will Republicans in Washington kill it?
Home Remedy
A San Diego “pre-hospice” program helps chronically ill patients live longer, live better, and stay out of the hospital—all while saving the health care system money.
Stanford’s Big Health Care Idea
How an unconventional team of doctors figured out how to provide high-need university employees with better health care, for less money.
Charles Peters on Recapturing the Soul of the Democratic Party
In a new book, the Washington Monthly founding editor explains where liberal elites went wrong — and suggests a way forward.
The D.C. Working Man’s True Power Suit
Forget the French cuffs. Washington is run by an army of underpaid schlubs.
The Alt-Right Doesn’t Care About the Constitution
An emergent bloc of Republican voters, with unprecedented access to the new president’s administration, openly despises our founding document’s historic ideals. If left to fester, this poison will destroy the conservative movement.
The Worst Job in the World
The most successful chiefs of staff have known not only how to take charge but also when to leave.
Thinking Again About Crime
When the citizens of Ferguson and other communities pushed back against the criminal justice system, MSNBC host Chris Hayes was on the scene. Now he has some thoughts worth considering.
A Consequential Presidency
Bill Clinton rescued his party from near obscurity a quarter century ago. Democrats would be wise to closely examine the lessons of his tenure as they set out to rebuild after the devastating 2016 elections.
The Power of Negative Tweeting
What Donald Trump did and didn’t learn from his childhood pastor Norman Vincent Peale.
Making Nice With the Loan Sharks
Payday lenders thrive because big banks won’t serve the poor, but that doesn’t excuse their predatory practices.
Walking Gains Ground in City Once Rated “Worst” for Pedestrians
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Life in the Exurbs
St. Michael, Minnesota
Where Walking is a Luxury
Charleston, South Carolina
Who Says No One Walks in the Suburbs?
Arlington, Virginia
Successes of Philanthropy
