Elizabeth Warren and a Scholarly Debate Over Medical Bankruptcy That Won’t Go Away
A 2005 academic paper fueled much discussion and helped her political career, but remains contested.
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CreditJames Quigg/The Daily Press, via Associated Press California Results Are Consistent With a Competitive House Race
With ballots still being counted, all indications point to a close, if perhaps Democratic-tilting, race for the U.S. House in November.
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Credit California’s Clues for the Nation: How to Watch the Primary
The vote shares in top-two congressional primaries like those in California have tended to be similar to general election House results.
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CreditGerry Broome/Associated Press The Numbers That Explain Why Teachers Are in Revolt
After a quarter century of steady growth on education spending, a shock to the system.
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The New Health Care
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CreditD. Gorton/The New York Times Reagan, Deregulation and America’s Exceptional Rise in Health Care Costs
Some readers and experts have responded to a recent article by pointing out that the 1980s increase in U.S. health costs coincided with a broad push toward deregulation.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times The Next Great American Public Health Campaign? Readers Make Their Picks
We asked which public health intervention was most needed in this era.
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CreditJulio Cortez/Associated Press We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are
The economy is in a sweet spot, with steady growth and broad improvement in the labor market.
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CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images The Economy Can Handle Steel and Aluminum Tariffs. The Real Risk Is Erratic Policy.
The near-term costs of steel and aluminum tariffs are manageable; the longer-term costs of potential trade wars with the entire world are greater
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CreditPool photo by Ross D. Franklin How Liberals Got Lost on the Story of Missing Children at the Border
A lesson in how partisan polarization colors people’s views on a gut emotional level without many even realizing it.
