Louis Brandeis: The Empiricist
At a time when constitutional protections are being knocked down by the Roberts Court, Brandeis’s dissents demonstrate to Sonia Sotomayor,…
A VA Medical Center Meltdown
Persistent maintenance and staffing issues at a D.C.-based center reveal bigger problems with the VA health system.
Trump’s New Fed Chair Deserts Trump
As expected, the Federal Reserve did not raise interest rates today, but neither did it lower them from its current…
The CBC Challenge in Detroit
The Congressional Black Caucus has to decide between incumbency and additional representation in a House race between Rep. Shri Thanedar…
Ida B. Wells: Brave Woman
By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.
The Big Beautiful Bill’s Market-Based Health Care Delusion
The Rural Health Transformation Program is not simply a grant program. It is leverage.
Organized Money: The Roll-Up of All Media Is No Longer Inevitable (with Adam Conover)
Antitrust is poking tiny holes in oligopoly’s dark cloak; is the light winning?
Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup
If we are vigilant, he won’t pull it off.
ICE Finds New Ways to Expand Detention
The first people to be locked up inside the detention prison will likely be children and pregnant people already in…
Frederick Douglass: Indefatigable American
If Frederick Douglass, a former slave who saw the dream of emancipation drown in Jim Crow, didn’t give up on…