New legal director David Cole thinks he knows how.
March/April/May 2017
Posted inMagazine, 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.
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
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.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April/May 2017, The Monopolized Economy
The Decline of Black Business
And what it means for American democracy.
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
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.
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
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?
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
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.
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
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.
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2017
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.
Posted inFeatured, Magazine, March/April/May 2017
The D.C. Working Man’s True Power Suit
Forget the French cuffs. Washington is run by an army of underpaid schlubs.
