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How the Graham-Cassidy Proposal Would Hurt Communities of Color

The repeated efforts by Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can feel endless — legislators keep reviving our deepest fears about how to keep our loved ones and ourselves healthy. Even though repeal was defeated in the Senate just a few months ago, there is a new bill that is as bad as, if not worse than, the previous version.

Chris Lu

Ken Burns’ Vietnam: The Westport Connections

Ken Burns’ epic, 10-part PBS series “The Vietnam War” shines a spotlight on one of the most consequential, divisive and controversial events in American history. Like all of Burns’ masterful works it combines visual images, music and 1st-person accounts, plus the insights of experts with a wide array of perspectives. One of those contributors has Westport roots. Marc Selverstone adds his wisdom, as chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.

Marc Selverstone

Trump cabinet member under fire for $25,000 jet charter

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price - who wants to cut programs for the poor - paid $25,000 to take a private plane from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia and back.

Chris Lu

The Worst First Year of Foreign Policy Ever

Most experts agree that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and national security strategy have been disappointing so far, if not disastrous. But historians also know that this isn’t entirely surprising.

Melvyn Leffler

Constitution at 230: A powerful but accountable executive

When the Framers gathered at Independence Hall in 1787, they confronted the task of reforming the executive branch. By the end of that typically hot, humid Philadelphia summer, they had established a unified, independent president with the power to confront the crises and challenges that would beset a great nation.

Saikrishna Prakash

Presidential Advisory Commissioners Question Educational Initiatives’ Futures

But former Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu, who served as the executive director for the Obama-Biden Transition Project, said the comparisons between the transition periods of prior administrations and the current one aren’t necessarily fair.

Chris Lu