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Lights illuminate the Utah State Capitol on January 15th, 2002, in Salt Lake City ahead of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Ideas

Utah Is Ground Zero for the GOP’s Plan to Limit Medicaid Expansion Through Block Grants

A well-funded Medicaid expansion saves lives and money. Yet Utah and 14 other states are applying for work requirements in hopes of strangling the program.

David M. Perry

President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the White House on March 8th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Ideas

Trump’s 2019 Budget Proposal Is Dangerous—and Right in Line With Republican Values

When it comes to attacking programs that help the most vulnerable Americans, Donald Trump is right in step with his predecessors and his party.

David M. Perry

Education

Academics Want to Go Public. How Can We Help Them?

It's long past time for every discipline to count and valorize all scholarly work, even or especially when it's aimed at an extramural audience.

David M. Perry

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on March 9th, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.

News in Brief

Mainstream Medicare-for-All Proposals Just Got a Lot More Inclusive

Mainstream M4A proposals just got a lot more inclusive.

David M. Perry

Ideas

Why Expanding Health-Care Access Must Include Immigrants

Public health means keeping everyone healthy—as a moral matter, and a practical one.

David M. Perry

The Texas death chamber in Huntsville, Texas, pictured on June 23rd, 2000, the day after death row inmate Gary Graham was put to death by lethal injection.

News in Brief

SCOTUS Just Made It Harder to Execute Intellectually Disabled Prisoners

Texas has been trying to execute Bobby Moore for decades. The Supreme Court once again said "no."

David M. Perry

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren protesting the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, at a press conference on July 24th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Ideas

‘On Your Left’: The New Power of the Progressive Movement in Democratic Politics

The American left hasn't been this energetic in decades—and they're raising hard questions for almost every Democratic candidate.

David M. Perry

Ideas

What I Learned About the CIA From Cooking the Declassified Recipe for Soviet Borscht

The problem for people who care about government transparency is that the CIA's efforts to conceal history go far beyond soup.

David M. Perry

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) launched her campaign for the Democratic Party nomination in 2020 on Sunday, amid a snowstorm.

News in Brief

Meeting Klobuchar Supporters at Her Campaign Launch

The crowd responded well to Amy Klobuchar's campaign launch. Will the rest of the country?

David M. Perry

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Economics

Could Medicaid for All Work as a Path to Universal Coverage?

A new study suggests that states already have broad legal authority to expand Medicaid access.

David M. Perry