House Approves Budget to Repeal Obamacare as Trump Takes Office
On Friday, the House of Representatives approved a budget that will fast-track the dismantling of the Affordable Care…
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A Brief History of Vaccine Conspiracy Theories
Vaccine skepticism is as old as the idea of inoculation itself, but the recent politicization of vaccination is putting us all at risk.
How Tariffs Hurt the Little Guy
A new analysis details the regressive nature of tariffs. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images) Last…
Noam Chomsky Talks Trump, Free Speech, and the Virtues of Resistance
One of America’s foremost public intellectuals tells us why, now more than ever, Americans have a responsibility to…
Trump and His Advisors Are Connected to a Self-Professed Friend of Putin
Pacific Standard looks into how one New York building housed two would-be Trump advisers and a controversial diamond magnate with ties to Moscow.
Your Cheat Sheet for Wednesday’s Confirmation Hearings
What to expect from the hearings on Elaine Chao and Rex Tillerson. By Jared Keller Elaine Chao. (Photo:…
The Obama Era Is Over
On a determinedly optimistic night in Chicago, the departing president offers a call to rebuild our trust in…
Trump’s Treasury Pick Is Really Good at Kicking Elderly People Out of Their Homes
When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and, in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with…
Here’s How Trump’s First Two Executive Branch Appointees Differ
There are many ethics issues facing Jeff Sessions. Not so much for John Kelly. By Jared Keller John…
Rigid Partisans, Flexible Ideologues
As the past year has shown, ideology can be remarkably flexible in the service of party. Republican leaders are casting aside things their party has believed for generations in order to remain unified around their new president.