A new study focuses on the relationship between the White House and the media in the years since Woodrow Wilson, but it gives short shrift to the 19th century.
“Executive Orders Are Not Laws. . .They Can Be Undone Quite Easily”
Channyn Lynne Parker, the CEO of Equality Illinois, on threats to civil rights, Chicago’s presidential wannabees, JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel, plus why you don’t start a fire if you’re sitting farthest from the exit.
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Reform on Ice
Trump’s undeclared war in the Middle East postpones the much-needed debate over health care affordability—the #1 issue bedeviling average Americans.
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The Architect of Empathy: Suzannah Lessard (1944-2026)
The Architect of Empathy: Suzannah Lessard (1944-2026). Among the first editors of this magazine, the celebrated author and progeny of Stanford White, had a tumultuous upbringing and a nuanced moral imagination.
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All the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous
We should be deeply disturbed about what follows the targeted assassination of a foreign leader.
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Graduate Loans Should Reflect Graduate Earnings
Scrapping unlimited Grad PLUS borrowing was a start. Now federal loan policy should align debt limits with what graduates in a given field are likely to earn.
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The GOP’s Cruel Plans for Another Big Ugly Bill
The Republican Study Committee’s framework for a second reconciliation bill aims to make life even more miserable for immigrants, including legal residents.
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Trump’s Iran Strike: What It Says About Russia—and Us
Russia is toothless. If anyone needed evidence of how far and fast Russia has fallen, it is the American assault on Iran. This “war,” as President Donald Trump called it in his video message on Saturday, would have been impossible if Moscow were not bogged down with its reckless, inhumane bloodbath in Ukraine, now in its fifth year. (That’s not counting the 2014 Crimean invasion and annexation, which would make it 12 years.) While Russia bleeds, its clients, allies, and friends flail or fall. Syria and Venezuela were pre-show. Iran is big time. Bashar al-Assad had nowhere to turn when…
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