Environment and Health
Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap
Over 2 million Americans like me are stuck without health care because 12 GOP-ruled states keep refusing to expand Medicaid.
Devolution
America’s anti-science fringe driving us backward in more ways than one.
Nuclear Power: A Panacea?
The war in Ukraine is blurring the lines between civilian and military nuclear programs.
Pass the MAT Act to Defeat Overdoses
In football families like mine, the game means pain — and all too often, addiction to painkillers. Lawmakers can help.
Pot Prohibitionists Fear Democracy More Than Marijuana
Legalization opponents have lost the hearts and minds of the public, so they’re trying to take the public out of the equation.
Kansas Proved That Abortion Rights Can Win in Red States
Conservatives value their constitutional rights — and young progressives are highly motivated by abortion. Are Democrats listening?
Biden’s Inflation Bill Is (Mostly) Good News for People and the Planet
But it needs to be a first step, not the last.
Anti-Abortion Extremism Is Scaring Voters. It Should.
As conservative Kansas just showed, most voters simply don’t want politicians making personal medical decisions for them.
Remembering Bill Collins
The OtherWords founder was a small-city mayor who traveled the world, an Army veteran who hated war, and above all a devoted citizen.
Longing for Nuclear Winter
Is this our leaders’ real climate plan?