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Health Insurance for 20 Million is at Risk

If Congress fails to renew the ACA enhanced benefits, millions will be unable to access the health care they need.

John Miller Dec 11, 2025

November/December 2025

The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You

Worsening inequality leaves young adults worse off than their parents.

John Miller Dec 8, 2025

Left Hook Economics

The Motherhood Gamble

While many mothers enjoy adequate support from fathers, the risk of financial hardship looms large if the partnership comes to an end.

Nancy Folbre Dec 4, 2025

November/December 2016

Issue 327

November/December 2016

Prospects for the Spanish Left

William Saas, Jorge Amar, David Glotzer, and Scott Ferguson

What answer does Podemos have for austerity? Read more »
Nativism: As American as (Rotten) Apple Pie

Gerald Friedman

Trumpism is part of a long history of anti-immigrant sentiment, from Benjamin Franklin to the Know Nothings of the 1840s and the KKK of the 1920s. Read more »
Taxing the Wealthy and the Art of Sophistry

John Miller

Comparing the Clinton and Trump Tax Plans Read more »
European Social Democracy and the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis

Alejandro Reuss

Part 2: The Rise of the Third Way Read more »

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