By Lindsay Lewis Over the last several weeks, there has been increased focus and attention on the competition and antitrust debate in Washington. There has been a debate about the connection between these policies and efforts to address historically high inflation. …

By Cheryl K. Olson, MPH, Sc.D. Hasn’t everyone who smoked cigarettes quit by now? Since you’re reading this, you probably don’t have a pack in your pocket or purse. It’s likely you count few, if any, smokers among your colleagues. Back in 1965, when 42% of U.S. adults inhaled tobacco…

By Tressa Pankovits This Independence Day, America doesn’t feel so free. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is already causing real harm to go along with the widespread anguish. It’s also causing political fallout. At least three new congressional polls show support for Democrats is soaring. …

by Will Marshall Americans traditionally have regarded public education as a formative institution integral to the success of democratic self-government. That’s why we’ve made it compulsory: By law, parents must send their children to public or accredited private schools, though exceptions are sometimes made for home schooling. But if our…

By Malena Dailey Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is the latest development in the battle over the moderation of online content, but his free speech arguments fall flat in the face of how users today interact with social media. Trump-style conservatives have jumped at the chance to support Musk in…

By William Galston We wrote “The New Politics of Evasion” to spark a discussion about the future course of the Democratic Party, and we are pleased that Stan Greenberg has responded to it at length. …

By Lindsay Mark Lewis I used to smoke cigarettes. I don’t anymore. I completely stopped smoking and switched to an electronic inhalable tobacco product called IQOS. It’s the only one of its kind authorized by the Food and Drug Administration as a modified risk tobacco product and the only product…

By Michael Mandel As Congress considers several major bills intended to transform the tech-ecommerce ecosystem, it is worth considering what might be lost for workers. Based on our analysis of BLS data, the tech-ecommerce ecosystem added 1.4 million jobs between September 2017 and September 2021, the most recent data available…

Today, a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), announced the imminent introduction of an antitrust bill aimed at a handful of America’s most successful technology companies. …