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December 25, 2020
Caleb Brennan
Operation Santa Is a Horror Story About American Poverty
Children have written requesting money for their parents, a bed to sleep in, and a better wheelchair to help them get around. There’s nothing feel-good about it.
May 15, 2020
J.C. Pan
America’s Eternal Stockholm Syndrome
The right-wing fixation with Sweden’s coronavirus response is the latest example of the Nordic countries’ hold on our political imagination.
March 13, 2020
Karina Piser
Trump Is Cutting Food Stamps During a Pandemic
More than half a million SNAP recipients are on the edge of losing access to the crucial food safety net—just as they need it most.
May 20, 2019
Magazine
Robert Westbrook
Socialism and the Democracy Deficit
The quest for radical equality in the American grain
June 22, 2017
Clio Chang
How the Rhetoric of Responsibility Hurts the Welfare State
Yascha Mounk's new book charts the rise of an approach that punishes the poor.
June 30, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
The Hobby Lobby Case Shows Why Private Companies Shouldn't Provide Insurance. The Government Should.
June 23, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
I'm Insanely Jealous of Sweden's Work-Family Policies. You Should Be, Too.
February 18, 1966
Michael Harrington
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