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March/April/May 2017

Can the ACLU Stop Trump?

How to Make the Electoral College Work for Everyone

The Thinking Person’s Guide to Infrastructure

The Decline of Black Business

A Cure for High Health Care Costs

How an Obscure Obamacare Provision Is Quietly Saving Lives, and Money, in Missouri

Home Remedy

Stanford’s Big Health Care Idea

Charles Peters on Recapturing the Soul of the Democratic Party

The D.C. Working Man’s True Power Suit

The Housing Bill Trump Shrugged Off Is Only Half the Answer

Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder

The Next Big Thing in the Ukraine War: Ground Drones

Americans Like Moderate Politicians and Progressive Policies, But Not Socialism

Once Globally Preeminent, U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline

The Housing Bill Trump Shrugged Off Is Only Half the Answer

Booming Oil Profits Show Why Policymakers Can’t “Wait and See” on Gas Prices

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