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June 2025

Abortion and Economic Policy, Part III: How Dobbs Rewrote the Economics of Reproductive Health, with a 275-Mile Price Tag
In the three years since Dobbs, much has changed. Professor Caitlin Myers joined us again to discuss how she collects data on abortion and economics…
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Hannah Groch-Begley
The Right Has Bleak Plans for Childcare. The Left Needs a Bold Vision to Rally Around.
Head Start turned 60 last month, but it was the early childhood program’s darkest and most precarious birthday yet. In the budget conversations leading…
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Lena Bilik
The Antidiscrimination Discrimination Club
Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services and the steady inversion of civil rights law. The decision exemplifies so much of what’s wrong with our legal…
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Shahrzad Shams
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Trump Accounts Are Not Baby Bonuses. They’re Another Giveaway to the Wealthy.
Much has been made of the supposed transformation of the GOP into a pro-worker and pro-family party. And yet the new GOP has pushed policies that, in…
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Stephen Nuñez
Crafting Capitalism: Two Great New Reads That Terrify and Inspire
In two new books, Chris Hughes, an economic historian, and John Cassidy, longtime economics columnist for The New Yorker, aim to explain “the economy…
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Felicia Wong

May 2025

What Musk's DOGE Really Cut: Trust, Safety, and Democracy
Under Musk’s leadership, DOGE promised a transformation of government by cutting trillions of dollars from the federal budget and revolutionizing its…
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Bilal Baydoun
The GOP Budget: Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and More Medical Debt for Everyone Else
The GOP’s reconciliation bill, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (yes, it’s actually called that), is a cruel exercise in slashing benefits for the poor…
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Stephen Nuñez
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“To Imagine, Without Restraint, the World We Actually Mean to Create”: A Conversation with Connie Razza
Less than six months in power, the second Trump administration has taken a sledgehammer to the economy and the foundations of American democracy. Its…
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Shahrzad Shams
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DOGE Wants to Dismantle Our Right to Retire
Today, 73 million Americans rely on Social Security. It is the most valuable retirement asset that most Americans have. And it is also the only thing…
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Jamie Keene
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After 100 Days of Chaos, 23 Progressives on How We Create Stability and Prosperity
This week marked the 100th day of the second Trump administration, and comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office abound. While…
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Suzanne Kahn
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Hannah Groch-Begley
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