Public Health
Soda Taxes Sweep to Victories, Despite Facing Big Spending
Four communities join Berkeley, Calif., and Philadelphia in embracing plans to tax sugary beverages.
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Four communities join Berkeley, Calif., and Philadelphia in embracing plans to tax sugary beverages.
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Donald Trump appears likely to enact a fun-house mirror version of something many liberal economists have advocated for years.
By NEIL IRWIN
Hillary Clinton’s polling leads were consistent and long-lasting, but none of it mattered.
By NATE COHN
A plausible scenario would result in 22 million fewer Americans having health insurance.
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Evidence suggests that the nation’s medical system is not so much understaffed as it is inefficient.
By AARON E. CARROLL
Markets had priced in a Hillary Clinton victory, but a furious reversal took place when that looked unlikely.
By NEIL IRWIN
Early voters, urban voters and minority voters are all more likely to wait and wait. And that makes them less likely to vote in the future.
By EMILY BADGER
In a first, results will be estimated before the polls close. It’s hard for even pros to do, and very easy for readers to get the wrong impression.
By NATE COHN
Informed by research, Austin Frakt and Aaron Carroll explore and explain the changing landscape of health care.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES