The dangerous consequences of accepting even one “alternative fact”
Beliefs do not exist in isolation.
President Trump’s “American carnage” speech fit into a potent American tradition
Donald Trump’s inaugural speech was a flawed jeremiad.
Paying doctors bonuses for better health outcomes makes sense in theory. But it doesn't work.
It can even lead doctors to shun treating the sickest patients.
What President Trump doesn’t understand about job creation (and destruction)
Donald Trump is poised to put "dealmaking" at the center of the presidential economic policy making tool kit.
NAFTA and other trade deals have not gutted American manufacturing — period
The political truthiness has been flying thick and fast on this subject for decades.
Don’t overlook the feminist triumph of Clinton's run
She confronted some of the same stereotypes leveled against the early suffragists — and still won the popular vote
Trump wasn’t elected as a culture warrior. He may govern as one.
Among other moves, Republicans may use religious-freedom laws to curtail LGBTQ rights
We’re about to see states’ rights used defensively against Trump
A user’s guide to progressive federalism.
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Today in Obamacare: Rand Paul's replacement is out. And it's … not great for sick people.
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Democrats are putting up a tougher fight than liberals realize
Republican nativism helped turn California blue. Trump could do the same for the whole country.
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Obama hoped to be a transformational president. He failed.
He got a lot done, but still left us living in Ronald Reagan's America.
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Lessons for navigating the Trump economy — drawn from the developing world
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A scholar of the Holocaust finds threats to American democracy coming from unexpected directions.
Liberals and libertarians should unite to block Trump’s extremism
What’s more, a “liberaltarian” economic agenda can serve as an alternative to snake-oil populism.
Tax cuts undermine Trump’s pledge that his Obamacare replacement will be "great"
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