Texas Republicans to Cities: Drop Dead: As blue cities in red states continue growing, they pose a larger threat to Republican rule. Read Harold Meyerson on how Republicans looking to establish dominance over liberal cities are bent on stripping them of power and taking control of their elections.

Quackonomics: “What’s so abhorrent about these schemes to loot hospitals is that they’re basically picking the pockets of people who’ve had cancer and trauma and heart attacks and strokes." Read Maureen Tkacik on the company working with private equity to fleece hospitals, as part of our June 2023 print issue.

The Lose-Lose DeSantis-Disney Fight: As Disney cancels investments in Florida, the proxy culture war masks a battle between a governor pretending to slay big business and a mega-corporation wanting to entrench its power. Ramenda Cyrus has the story.

How Washington Bargained Away Rural America: Every five years, the farm bill brings together Democrats and Republicans who are normally at each other’s throats. The result is the continued corporatization of agriculture, as Luke Goldstein writes for our June 2023 print issue.

The New Minnesota Vikings: After winning a majority in the Minnesota legislature in 2022, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party got to work passing a sweeping set of reforms that put Democratic supermajority states like California, Massachusetts and New York to shame. Read Ryan Cooper on how Minnesota progressives have racked up so many victories.