Smoke shrouds the foothills below Monte Barone in the Piedmont region of Italy as a lightning-sparked wildfire burned for weeks in August 2026.

Politics

How American Media Is Gaslighting Europeans on Air Conditioning

by Gillen Tener Martin August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

The continent is sweating not because of effete resistance to AC, but because of climate change.

President Donald Trump signs his tax and spending bill into law during a 4th of July celebration with military families on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington D.C., on Friday July 4, 2025.

Health Care

Budget Cuts, Deaths, and the First Anniversary of Trump’s Disastrous Budget

by Matt Watkins July 4, 2026July 3, 2026

Health Care

A Health Care Plan for the Midterms

by Merrill Goozner March 11, 2026March 11, 2026

Ugly Sequel: The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released a blueprint for a budget reconciliation bill that would cut federal benefits for legal immigrants. Here, Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) alongside Republican Study Committee (RSC) members speaks at a press conference on September 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill.

Newsletter

The GOP’s Cruel Plans for Another Big Ugly Bill

by Anne Kim March 1, 2026February 27, 2026

graduate student loan cuts: the Trump administration hit a nerve when it defined nursing as not a "profession."

Magazine

The GOP War on Nurses

by Paul Glastris December 22, 2025February 3, 2026

Magazine

How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections

by Phillip Longman and Gillen Tener Martin November 2, 2025January 16, 2026

Government

SNAP-Ed’s Demise Exposes MAHA’s Hypocrisy

by Gillen Tener Martin October 29, 2025November 2, 2025

Politics

The Republicans’ Reliability Ruse

by James Hassett August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

Podcast

An Economic Crisis Is Inevitable

by Anne Kim July 23, 2025July 24, 2025

Economy

Trump’s Budget Could Break the Economy

by Robert J. Shapiro July 20, 2025July 21, 2025

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