News in Brief How the Identity Politics Argument Affects a Party’s Choices Democrats understand the last election determines how the party prepares for the next one. Seth Masket
Economics A New Government Report Finds the Trump Administration Could Do a Better Job Running Healthcare.gov In 2018, 8.7 million people bought their non-group health insurance through healthcare.gov—down from 9.2 million people in 2017. Dwyer Gunn
Education It’s Back-to-School Season, and Schools Are Still Underfunded Twelve states cut general funding for schools by 7 percent last school year. Dwyer Gunn
Economics CEOs Got a Big Raise in 2017 While average Americans have yet to see a boost from tax cuts, CEOs are doing just fine. Dwyer Gunn
Economics Out-of-Network Claims Are Very Common—and Very Costly A new Kaiser Family Foundation report illustrates the toll of out-of-network charges. Dwyer Gunn
Economics Here’s More Evidence That Most Food Stamp Recipients Are Already Working A new report confirms that, while SNAP recipients do indeed work, they may still be hurt by work requirements. Dwyer Gunn
Economics These Charts Illustrate Who’s Most Affected by Obamacare Instability It's middle-income people who aren't eligible for subsidies. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief The House Passed the Farm Bill. That Spells Bad News for Food Stamp Recipients. The changes are intended to encourage more SNAP recipients to enter the work force—but research shows that's not a problem in the first place. Rebecca Worby
Economics The Rent Is Still Too Damn High A new report finds that, all across the country, minimum-wage workers don't earn enough to rent a two-bedroom home. Dwyer Gunn