newrepublic.com


Most recent 2 articles

The New Behemoths of Health Care Bureaucracy

What are the 10 biggest companies in the United States? Put
that question to a group of younger people, and they’re likely to rattle off tech
giants such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook. Older people might mistakenly believe
that manufacturing still leads the pack with postwar …

The Scourge of Worker Wellness Programs

When teachers and other school staff in West Virginia walked off the job in 2018, news coverage of the historic strike focused on bread-and-butter issues like their rising health-care premiums and low wages. There were horror stories of teachers working extra jobs and struggling to pay for emerg…