Taking on corporate concentration has gone from a fringe idea to a key plank of the party’s strategy. Here’s how that happened—and why it matters.
The Democrats Confront Monopoly
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November/December 2017
How Big Medicine Can Ruin Medicare for All
A single-payer system will degenerate into corporate welfare unless we take on health care monopolies.
Meet the Trumpkins
A crop of Republicans are betting that a Trump-style mix of crassness and white grievance will bring them victory in 2018.
The Dialysis Machine
How Medicare steers low-income and minority kidney patients toward the hell of dialysis—and keeps two big companies rolling in profits.
Mind-Body Connections
How four counties in Pennsylvania are improving the lives of patients suffering from both serious mental illness and chronic health conditions.
Kuku: A Love Story
Remembering Kukula Kapoor Glastris, the Washington Monthly’s longtime books editor.
What J. D. Vance Doesn’t Get About Appalachia
A new history shows how Big Coal created a culture of dependence.
The Hidden Powers of the People’s Branch
Passing legislation isn’t the only way Congress can check an unruly president.
Trial in Error
How the economic imperatives of academia and biomedical journals are leading to a flood of junk science.
Congress Wasn’t Always This Awful
A former Senate staffer reminds us of a time when lawmakers actually got stuff done.
Pen and Tell
The first memoir by an Obama speechwriter adds to a storied genre while avoiding its usual cynicism.
