For a generation, American politics has been closely and bitterly divided between the parties, writes Matthew Continetti. There has been high turnover in office and frequent shifts in power. Majorities are unstable. No victory is permanent, no realignment durable. The stalemate goes on.
Our national politics needs responsibility, integrity, and solidarity. But they will come from below — from local and state government, where it’s harder to avoid dealing with concrete problems, and from civil society, where we encounter one another on a personal level, explains Yuval Levin.
In their book review, Kori Schake and Aine Tyrrell ask, "Do the people who fight America’s wars ever think civilians truly understand and appreciate their experiences?"
Black patients receive care at lower-performing hospitals than white patients do, even when they live in the same hospital market or ZIP code within a hospital market. However, the performance gap between hospitals treating black and white patients shrank by over two-thirds, explain Amitabh Chandra, Pragya Kakani, and Adam Sarcarny.
Much of Donald Trump’s health policy agenda seems destined for reversal when he leaves office (either in January or 2025) because it is not supported by the Democratic Party and isn’t enacted into law. James Capretta writes that his push for greater price transparency might be the exception.
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Michael Strain examine the effects of all federal expansions of the earned income tax credit (EITC) since the program’s inception in 1975 and present robust evidence that EITC expansions increase employment.
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