Analysis & Policy
Articles that dig into an issue, policy, or story, and present relevant research and insights.
Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence
Here’s what the data shows.
Explainer: Facing a shutdown, budget negotiations are much harder because Congress has given Trump power to cut spending through ‘rescission’
Congress can approve whatever spending it wishes; Trump can just refuse to spend it, making the budget essentially meaningless
Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks, and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover
Are we returning to the days of COINTELPRO?
Costs on Kentucky’s health insurance marketplace will explode without quick action from Congress
And, “explode” is the right word for what is about to happen.
Rural communities brace for Trump’s health cuts
Rural hospitals — often the largest employers as well as critical care providers in their regions — will be among the worst hit by the GOP’s Medicaid cuts.
Fourteen steps to tyranny: How autocratic breakthrough happens – and how we must stop it
Autocrats follow a predictable playbook. Learn how we can disrupt their rise before revolution or civil war become the only solutions.
Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy
The first step in addressing a crisis is naming it.
‘The Rise and Fall of the American Empire’ — a story already being written
And the real villain is not who you think
Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk’s killing seeks to widen US divisions
Russian, Chinese, and pro-Iranian agents all shared social media posts hoping to inflame the American political scene even more
Is your hospital about to close?
Kentucky has more hospitals at risk of closing than any other state. And the Repubs’ Big Ugly Bill is just making the deaths come sooner.
Rural Health Care Summit: Future looks grim for rural hospitals
With an estimated upwards of one trillion dollars in cuts to the Medicaid program from the One Big Beautiful Bill, healthcare experts and providers predict significant drop in access to services for rural Americans.
THIS is what Senate Dems need to be pushing for
When it comes to the budget fight, they have the leverage – they should use it.
When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data
Combine every source of data about every person, then make it searchable. Does that worry you?
Trump’s science report on climate change is all cover and no content
The conclusion of the Energy Department’s supposedly serious study of global warming: “Eh, maybe it won’t be so bad”
