Latest articles by Mark Schmitt


How the Trump administration is unraveling the good-government reforms of the post-Watergate era.


The politics of health are always treacherous. A creative political strategy is more important than the policy details.


It’s normal for a lot of people to run in a year like this. But not this many.


Bernie Sanders’s good fortune should be available to everyone.


It’s not just an obstacle to progressive policy. Under McConnell’s rules, the filibuster weakens the institution — and democracy.


A poorly chosen phrase hides a valuable idea: Work isn’t everything.


Only Howard Schultz and a few others could do what Schultz is doing. And that’s the way in which “politics is broken.”


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has begun a better tax debate, but we still need to close loopholes, not just raise rates.


Liz Cheney’s rise might mark a last gasp of family politics.


Employers should do more, but government support for workers has been key to the social contract.