Latest articles by Joel Dodge
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2020 Democrats haven't been asked the hardest question on Medicare-for-all
opinion Forget taxes. Someone needs to ask them about job losses.
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Trump 2020 is Bush-Cheney '04 on steroids
opinion George W. Bush won re-election with 4 strategic plays. Donald Trump is revamping all of them.
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Trump's bogus attack on Medicare-for-all
opinion His stunningly disingenuous op-ed in USA Today reveals the true nature of conservatism
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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat one of Congress' most powerful Democrats
The Explainer What the Democratic left can learn from the young socialist's stunning victory
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Trump's America: Smaller, meaner, and increasingly unexceptional
opinion How Trump put kids into cages and shattered the country's self-image
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Paul Ryan's final surrender
opinion It's Trump's party now
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Trump's defense of white supremacists is really a defense of himself
opinion Why the president needs to believe "fine people" can ally with neo-Nazis
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Republicans have a new welfare queen: The sick glutton
opinion The GOP only wants Americans of good moral fiber to get health care
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There is no dealmaker on Earth crafty enough to save TrumpCare
opinion The GOP is simply stuck — and no amount of negotiating can save it
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Why the GOP's latest split over ObamaCare was entirely predictable
The Explainer As Republicans finally begin sweating the details of a replacement plan, old philosophical fissures are reappearing
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Don't listen to Paul Ryan: The GOP is still the party of makers and takers
opinion Ryan has disavowed his previous rhetoric. But the GOP's policy proposals haven't changed.
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Why Hillary Clinton's perfect running mate is... Joe Biden
opinion Four more years!
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What this new experiment in Chicago can teach us about combating poverty
opinion A tweak to a powerful anti-poverty tool is yielding encouraging results
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The conservative case for the Supreme Court to uphold ObamaCare
opinion It's all about protecting the rights of states
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How Hillary Clinton can be a populist without scaring off Big Business
opinion When it comes to fighting income inequality, what's good for workers is often good for corporations, too
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Sorry, GOP, tax cuts don't pay for themselves
opinion But it wouldn't hurt the Democrats to claim that their priorities do
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The real reason millennials should embrace ObamaCare
opinion Younger Americans bear the brunt of ObamaCare's costs. But that is in keeping with the law's spirit of solidarity.
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Time to kill the ObamaCare employer mandate
opinion And move beyond an outdated health-care system that relies way too heavily on employer-based insurance
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What Paul Ryan could learn from Robert Kennedy about reforming the welfare state
opinion The liberal lion didn't like welfare, either. But his objections only accentuate the cruelty of the modern GOP's anti-poverty platform.
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Why liberals want to fix the welfare state — and conservatives don't
opinion While liberals seek to reform a decrepit employer-based system, conservatives look to preserve it
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It's not (always) the teacher's fault: What 'no excuses' reformers get wrong about education
opinion Dana Goldstein's excellent The Teacher Wars offers some useful lessons for those who want to transcend an age-old policy dispute
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Why the GOP wants to 'divide and conquer' the poor
opinion The conservative approach to poverty alleviation is rooted in outdated notions of who does and doesn't deserve aid
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How an ObamaCare for higher ed could bring down the skyrocketing cost of college
opinion Higher ed is ripe for some ObamaCare-like reforms
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Why Hillary Clinton should run for an Obama third term
opinion Obama is seen as a drag on a potential Clinton ticket. But the unfinished business of the center-left is where the votes are.
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