Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.

Bryce Covert

If Watergate Happened With Today’s Media

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Jen Sorensen

Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure

The president’s latest proposal does nothing to change the fact that he has failed to deliver on the American people’s top priority.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Reasons Why White Women Vote Republican—and What to Do About It

White women do not—and likely will not—constitute the progressive base. But many more of them might vote Democratic in the coming elections.

Julie Kohler

The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane

Trump’s “shithole” remarks only scratch the surface.

Kai Wright

Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women

His administration has already made workers, especially women, poorer, less secure, and less safe.

Katha Pollitt

Trump Interprets the Nunes Memo as Total Vindication

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue

Hans and Franz economics… Fear and self-loathing… Millennials vs. boomers… Agree to disagree… Taxation and miseducation…

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