The Affordability Case for Public Factories
Public factories once helped America fight monopoly pricing. A new push would revive them to lower drug costs and ease…
May 2026
admin White House Correspondents’ Dinner Aftermath: Many Americans Entertain the Idea of Violence
In the aftermath of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, surveys show that large swaths of Americans accept political violence.
Trump’s Pathetic Court Picks Hit New Low
Trump’s gutless judicial nominees are pretending not to understand the 22nd Amendment and whether the president can have a third…
Veterans Affairs: Why Aren’t Its Community Clinics Safer?
Following the March murder of a VA case worker, Congress is probing what can be done to protect VA staff.…
James Comey Is Insufferable. The Trump Charges Against Him Are Absurd
Former FBI Director James Comey been indicted again for a threat spelled with seashells. Why this lawfare will falter.
The Republicans Who Could Save Democracy
“Constitution-First” Republicans are uncomfortable with Trump’s abuses of power, and could be the key to a pro-democracy bipartisan coalition.
Trump’s Not-So-Great Health Care Plan
Instead of making health care more affordable, Trump’s recently announced one-page plan is likely to raise costs and reduce coverage.
Get Ready for the AI Crash
Overinvestment and risky financial engineering have made an AI crash more likely. Congress should take steps now to soften the…
The First American Nazi Infiltrators
Steven J. Ross’s The Secret War Against Hate recovers the strange, risky world of spies who infiltrated American Nazis after…
How to Save Capitalism
Entrepreneur Nick Hanauer and scholar Eric Beinhocker advocate "market humanism" as a framework for reforming capitalism.