Health Care

SEIU Wage Protest

Shouldn’t Home Care Workers Earn a Living Wage? Shouldn’t Home Care Workers Earn a Living Wage?

Massachusetts’s disability and senior care workers just got a major pay raise.

Jun 29, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Ted Cruz

What’s Next for the GOP After the Obamacare Ruling? What’s Next for the GOP After the Obamacare Ruling?

Republicans should probably be relieved at the outcome, but more trouble lies ahead.

Jun 26, 2015 / George Zornick

Now the Real Obamacare Fight Begins

Now the Real Obamacare Fight Begins Now the Real Obamacare Fight Begins

Three things we need right now if the Affordable Care Act is going to create a functioning and equitable healthcare system.

Jun 25, 2015 / Kai Wright

Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him

Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him Bobby Jindal Broke Louisiana So Badly That Even the GOP Doesn’t Want Him

Inevitability is just about the only thing animating Jindal’s presidential bid.

Jun 24, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas

Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas

Twenty-one states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving millions of sick Americans without decent healthcare.

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / Kai Wright

The Proof That Centrism is Dead infographic

The Proof That Centrism is Dead The Proof That Centrism is Dead

Every story that centrists told about the recession turned out to be wrong.

May 20, 2015 / Mike Konczal

Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?

Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot? Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?

A Nation investigation looks at the shuttering of needed trauma centers, beginning with those on Chicago’s violent South Side.

Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul

How to Die

How to Die How to Die

Atul Gawande argues that physicians should focus care on the good life—including its very end.

Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld

How Much Does Domestic Abuse Cost Its Survivors?

How Much Does Domestic Abuse Cost Its Survivors? How Much Does Domestic Abuse Cost Its Survivors?

Underfunded, poorly designed systems of support are leaving survivors with instability over a lifetime.

Apr 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Indiana Governor Mike Pence

The Indiana HIV Crisis Didn’t Have to Happen The Indiana HIV Crisis Didn’t Have to Happen

Needle exchange programs save lives. So why are they illegal in 23 states?

Apr 1, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

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