John Oliver has a fantastic piece on the rising cost of delivery in our health care system. He focuses exclusively on dialysis-which happens to be the only outpatient procedure fully covered by Medicaid. As he jokes in the segment, we have … [Read more...]

I'm as guilty as anyone of talking about (and arguing about) 2016. Nearly a year has passed since the primary concluded, and I am making a pledge not to talk about it anymore. I will instead focus on the policies and candidates I want to … [Read more...]

The Globe had a surprisingly in depth piece looking at the racial divides that still persist in the Greater Boston Housing market. Naomi Cordova didn’t want to buy a home in Brockton. In fact, she was dead set against it. But the … [Read more...]

Nearly 20% of Montanans split their ballot between Donald Trump for President and Steve Bullock for Governor. Here's how he did it according to the Prospect which asked him what he thought about this crossover appeal: It was his … [Read more...]

The first in a series profiling Democratic voices embodying our party's future Virginia and New Jersey voters will head to the polls in less than a year to elect new governors in races that get an unusual amount of media attention in … [Read more...]

I'm honestly wondering whether we should ban Confederate imagery the way the Germans have banned Nazi imagery. It's been over 150 years since the south was totally and justly defeated at Appomattox and the myth that this cause was about … [Read more...]

The roots of Islamic extremism and white nationalism are eerily similar. Unemployed and emasculated males attracted to a traditional worldview that denigrates women and homosexuality while also elevating one religious/racial worldview over … [Read more...]

Andrew Bacevich had a searing piece in the weekend Times I recommend everyone read. Despite appropriating over three-quarters of a trillion dollars on Afghanistan since 2001, Afghan security forces continue to be plagued by the … [Read more...]