Environment Burdened by Austerity, the National Park Service Breaks the Law The NPS is legally obligated to better manage its enormous crowds, but it is crippled by budget cuts and maintenance backlogs. Jimmy Tobias
News in Brief States Sue Trump Over Halted Health-Care Subsidies Attorneys general signed onto the lawsuit Friday. Emily Moon
News in Brief How Will Trump’s Attack on the ACA Affect Your State? While the White House's decision to end cost-sharing reduction payments may be an assault on health care, it's not exactly an unexpected one. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief Here’s How Trump Is Dragging the U.S. to the Brink of War The many potential foreign-policy conflicts facing the Trump administration, ranked. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Trump’s New Executive Order on Health Care Offers More Questions Than Answers The health-care waiting game continues. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief A New Report Sheds Light on the Tea Party’s IRS Delusion The TIGTA report underscores the false notion of tyrannical taxation that some libertarians have been fixating on for years. Jared Keller
Education Why Do Mainstream Pundits Keep Getting Student Protest So Wrong? When commentators hasten to blame students and protesters, they engage in a sort of chattering-class solidarity—while empowering the true threats to free speech. Noah Berlatsky
Environment The EPA Could Have a Hard Time Repealing the Clean Power Plan A new rule-making process will start another lengthy battle over climate regulations. Bob Berwyn
News in Brief Tim Murphy to Resign From Congress Murphy is resigning from Congress in the wake of an abortion scandal, just days after voting for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Can Algorithms Put a Stop to Partisan Gerrymandering? Researchers are developing algorithms to draw non-partisan district maps. Emily Moon