No Surprise: Health Insurance Saves Lives
It’s really hard to evaluate the effect of health coverage on health. Sure, you can compare groups with and without coverage, but they’re almost certain to be so different (in income, race, employment, age, etc) that it’s impossible to tease out the effect of health coverage itself. Ideally, you’d like to perform a randomly controlled…
Can You Make a Progressive Defense Bill? Democrats Tried, and Now Think They Failed.
Mark Wilson/Getty Five months ago, progressives stacked the annual defense policy bill with dozens of provisions sure to make any hawkish Republican queasy. Win Without War, a liberal anti-war group, praised the “big progressive victories” in the bill and lawmakers roundly proclaimed it the “most progressive” defense bill in history. But the legislation set to…
On the Eve of Election, BoJo Hides In a Fridge
Andrew Parsons/i-Images via ZUMA One of Piers Morgan’s producers tried to set up an impromptu interview with Boris Johnson this morning: When Swain presses the prime minister, stating he was live on the show, Johnson replied “I’ll be with you in a second” and walked off, before Piers exclaims “he’s gone into the fridge”. Johnson…
How Much Are Your Favorite Companies Spending on Union-Busting Consultants?
Housekeepers, cooks and bartenders rally outside Donald Trump’s hotel to draw attention to their efforts to unionize workers at the property just off the Las Vegas Strip.Steve Marcus/AP Employers will pay a lot to ensure they don’t have to actually pay the people who work for them. This morning, the Economic Policy Institute dropped a…
Latest International Test Shows US Performance Is . . . About the Same as Always
The results of the latest PISA test are out, and since a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a picture: The PISA test is administered every three years to 15-year-olds, and roughly speaking US kids have been doing about the same on it for a couple of decades. However, what’s unique about PISA is…
An Environmental Lawyer Explains Where Elizabeth Warren’s Blue New Deal Falls Short
Sen. Elizabeth WarrenPaul Boucher/ZUMA Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announced an expansion of her Green New Deal to protect the nation’s coastlines and waterways, called the “Blue New Deal.” The nine-page plan attempts to tackle deteriorating ecosystems, overfishing, and increasingly devastating natural disasters. The Blue New Deal, while significant as the first plan of its kind…