Vol. 52 No. 7-8, July 2020

Index

• A Hospital Ranking That Makes Sense.
• Why Can't Republicans Elect Women?
• INTRODUCTION: THE BEST HOSPITALS FOR AMERICA.
• The Lown Institute Hospitals Index: A Field Guide for a New Health System.
• Hidden Charges: Fixing Health Care Means Ending Secret Prices.
• An Epidemic of Greed: How the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and 'charitable' hospital systems like it put making money ahead of service to the public.
• A NOTE ON METHODOLOGY: HOW WE CALCULATED THE BEST HOSPITALS FOR AMERICA.
• How the GOP Built a Loyal Hispanic Base: For decades, Republicans used appointments and policies to win a reliable third of the Latino vote.
• What Motivates the Republican Party? The GOP seems wildly hypocritical and unprincipled, until you understand its guiding idea.
• Capitalism's Nine Lives: Predicting the end of the free market system is a mug's game, but a bigger welfare state is a pretty sure bet.
• Meet the New Boss: Today's dictators may be different from those of the past--but they're just as dangerous.
• When the Levee Breaks: From Katrina to COVID-19, there are reasons why the impacts of catastrophes fall disproportionately on the poor and the powerless.
• Can Anything Dislodge the Electoral College? Today's reformers join a long history of groups that have tried, and failed, to eliminate the institution.
• The Unfulfilled Promise of the Public Defender: Despite a century of progress, the poor still don't get a fair day in court.
• Watching Rachel Maddow Is Not Enough: Obsessively following the news but doing nothing to help your side gain power is less than useful.
• The Benefits of Boredom.