Eating Policy

GAO gets schooled by the Department of Education

The FAFSA team snaps back, then punches back

Sep 12 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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August 2025

Better Politicians

Weeding is Fundamental

Aug 20 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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Channel your inner Marie Kondo

The life-changing art of identifying and eliminating policy clutter

Aug 11 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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Grasping at (Paper) Straws

You can have government efficiency or wage the culture war, but not both at once

Aug 1 • 

Gabe Menchaca

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June 2025

What DOGE didn't do

Sustainable change comes from changing rules and procedures, not just ignoring them

Jun 4 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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April 2025

Why the Paperwork Reduction Act needs to go, Part 2

We're the only country that has tried to reduce burden this way, and it hasn't worked. Especially with capacity being gutted, we should learn from what…

Apr 18 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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Why the Paperwork Reduction Act needs to go, Part 1

If we have fewer federal workers, we'd better choose what's most important for them to do. A law that keeps us locked into nineties era paperwork should…

Apr 17 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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Opposite is not a winning strategy

Dems need alternatives whose strength comes from a positive vision of what to do, not defined by what not to do.

Apr 16 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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The Water is a Mirror

A lot of what you might call government waste is our fault.

Apr 1 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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March 2025

Planning isn’t progress

Rethinking how government builds in a world that can’t wait

Mar 31 • 

Sam Marullo

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Punching left or punching back?

Steve Teles, Derek Thompson, and Ezra Klein offer the self-critique we need.

Mar 20 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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February 2025

Why Nothing Works

Even amongst the chaos of the moment, the left must grapple with the challenge Marc Dunkelman describes in his important new book. In fact, because of…

Feb 28 • 

Jennifer Pahlka

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