Issue #56: May/June 2017 Magazine Previous Issues The Fix This Native Tribe Is Reintroducing a Disappeared Species on Its Own Land And the federal government can't do much about it. Jimmy Tobias
Social Justice How to Save Medicaid Through Direct Action One disability rights group from Colorado offers a lesson in how to make your representatives listen. David M. Perry
Economics Should the Government Seize Corporate Stock? Making the government a shareholder in for-profit companies could actually boost those companies' productivity. Rick Paulas
Economics America’s Private-Prison Industry Has Always Been All Right President Donald Trump has restored consumer confidence in private prisons—but they were never in danger of failing to begin with. Rick Paulas
News in Brief How Newsrooms Are Trying to Make the Media Great Again Public opinion of the media is at an all-time low. How do outlets regain Americans' trust? Rick Paulas
Social Justice How Bananas Became Big—and Dangerous—Business in Colombia Two ongoing cases represent the country's new resistance to multinational influence. Rick Paulas
Economics When Corporate Boycotts Work Unless you're offering a carrot with the stick, your socially conscious boycott could well backfire. Rick Paulas
Environment Cats in the Crosshairs: How to Confront the Problem of Feral Felines Conservationists can never perfectly manage an ecosystem, but this is a problem that's creating an obvious ecological imbalance and should—and can—be addressed. James McWilliams
Social Justice Voting While Disabled: Inside the New ACLU Case A new lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union alleges widespread disability discrimination in New Hampshire's absentee process. David M. Perry
News in Brief A Legislature Can Be Both Polarized and Productive Look to the Colorado state legislature, which just closed its 2017 session, for lessons on how to put an end to gridlock in Washington, D.C. Seth Masket