This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has become the go-to policy argument for many liberals and the media: People will die. Repeal Obamacare … and people will die. Cut any social-welfare program by so much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Suppose you wanted to sabotage Obamacare and could not get Congress to help. Short of repeal legislation, the next best strategy would be to cut off funds to health insurers—in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and ‘our response, frankly, has been pathetic.’ Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When an NAACP task force released a report Wednesday calling for new restrictions on charter schools, one of the panel’s members took up the mic to refute accusations that the process…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can we play effective defense to conserve as many sound environmental policies as possible from the past 50 years? The community is now spending much of its time and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As part of our “Americans in the UN” project to share the stories of Americans who work for the United Nations, we talked to Eric Husketh, who grew up in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we cannot easily measure improvements in the human condition, we need proxy measurements to guide our activities. So the two things we want from increasing autonomy and freedom is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most Republicans support killing the estate tax as part of a tax overhaul, but doing so could have dire consequences for something else conservatives cherish — charitable giving. President Donald…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The tragic events in Charlottesville, VA, and President Trump’s failure to unequivocally repudiate the ideology of neo Nazis/white supremacists/alt right groups and their violence presents American philanthropy with a unique…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. American economic nationalism has risen in recent years, both fueling and fueled by President Donald Trump’s election. With it has risen the view, perpetuated by Trump and many others, that…
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions — and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India’s Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial practice of instant triple talaq practised among some Muslims in the country is unconstitutional. The ruling was made after five women petitioned the court,…