I’m cynical. When a politician is forced to do the right thing, I’m glad and don’t really care why s/he did it. But when I see Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus standing behind Governor Nikki Haley as she calls for the removal of the Confederate battle flag* from South Carolina’s state capital, I know something is up. The good news […]

This week, as the Supreme Court weighs whether or not to yank subsidies that help at least 6 million Americans gain health insurance, we got some extraordinary news. For the first time, the Urban Institute finds that our uninsured rate may be below 10 percent, Forbes‘ Dan Diamond notes. In states that have accepted Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion it’s 7.5 percent. […]

Why we all need to start talking about ‘runaway wealth accumulation by the richest’ Whenever there’s a debate about what we should be debating, somebody is usually hiding something. Everyone seems to agree that this chart is bad news is bad news for our kids: But the question is how to frame it. Republicans want to talk about “mobility” or […]

We got a preview of the clusterfuganonsense that our politics will descend to if the Supreme Court decides to deny 6.5 million Americans tax credits to buy health insurance on Monday. After President Obama, in his role as President Obvious, said the Supreme Court shouldn’t have even taken King v. Burwell, Senator John Thune sent out a tweet that was […]

You already pay for my health care. I already pay for yours. We just do it in the most expensive way possible. For instance, even though the Florida House again rejected Medicaid expansion on Friday, the state will still being paying for program that could have expanded coverage to as many as 1.8 million low-income Floridians. And if these people […]

As part of my mission to remind as many people as possible why 2016 is the most important election of our lifetime, I put together a list of five things you need to know now about an election that won’t take place for 16 more months. Of course, I start with the Supreme Court because it’s always about the Supreme […]

The Supreme Court will soon decide King v. Burwell and the fate of the health coverage of 8 million or so Americans in states that chose not to build an Affordable Care Act marketplace. It’s difficult to understate how ridiculous the argument the guys who want to destroy Obamacare are making in this case is. But I suppose it’s no more […]

“What voters are looking for in this election is someone who is going to be a champion for everyday people,” Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager said earlier this month. “For young people, that’s debt-free college, that is finding that job after you graduate.” The words “debt-free college” are treated like some bizarre fantasy that can only happen in an utopian future […]

This is the first chapter of my new story The Not-So-Holy Bible, which is about a boy trying to fix his mom and himself so they can escape his miserable grandparents. You can get it free for your e-reader here with the code PA52P. My hope is you’ll enjoy it then share it and give it a positive review — […]

“The future of labor is the future of America,” labor leader John Lewis said, during the Great Depression. And for a long time, you had to squint to see that future because it’s so bright. America capitalized on its enormous advantages after World War II with unprecedented growth that was — thanks to the labor movement — widely shared. However, […]

The Republican Party is the strongest it has been in decades and could be on the verge of a victory that could give them more electoral power than at any time since 1920, the year women first voted for the president. That’s the conclusion of Sean Trende and David Byler who have put together an index of party strength: You […]