The Battle for Healthcare Has Just Begun
Between Tea Party governors’ refusing to expand Medicaid and the attack ads vilifying Obamacare, progressives have a lot of work to do.
Print Magazine
July 30-August 6, 2012 Issue
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Editorial
Healthcare Advocates: Time to Bury the Hatchet
As a former insurance flack, I know progressive infighting over Obamacare will play right into the industry's hands.
Liberals Win Big on Supreme Court ACA Decision
But the fact that five justices were nearly willing to strike it down shows just how conservative this Court truly is.
Column
Barclays and the Limits of Financial Reform
Those demanding change in response to the Libor scandal forget how deeply the corruption is rooted.
Obamacare(s) for Women
The Affordable Care Act extends coverage to almost 14 million women. Ladies, give the president a hand.
Letters
Feature
The Prodigal Frum
He spent his life inside the GOP establishment. Now, he’s on the warpath against the right. What’s gotten into David Frum?
New York’s Black Sites
As states like Mississippi reject solitary confinement, this “blue” state leads the nation in the use of “disciplinary segregation.” Or as prisoners call...
Today’s Social Justice Heroes
Let’s celebrate a new generation of activists who challenge the powerful and mobilize the masses.
Books & the Arts
The Great Disparity
Timothy Noah and Charles Murray offer starkly different explanations of growing economic and social inequality in the United States.
Freedom Deferred: On Stephen Kantrowitz
How social equality was used to discredit the egalitarian project of Reconstruction.
The Good European: On Jürgen Habermas
German “ordoliberalism” and Eurocrats have the EU on the brink, but Germany’s most famous philosopher remains optimistic about European democracy.
