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Future Perfect Archive

Archives for December 2018

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Trump signed a good law this week. Yes, really.Trump signed a good law this week. Yes, really.
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PEPFAR, America’s hugely effective anti-AIDS program, is getting extended.

By Dylan Matthews
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Guns killed more people than car crashes in 2017Guns killed more people than car crashes in 2017
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Suicides drove an increase in gun deaths from 2016 to 2017.

By German Lopez
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The First Step Act, Congress’s criminal justice reform bill, explainedThe First Step Act, Congress’s criminal justice reform bill, explained
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Congress may pass actual criminal justice reform — and Trump supports it.

By German Lopez
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There’s a great anti-poverty bill in the Senate. Why haven’t we heard more about it?There’s a great anti-poverty bill in the Senate. Why haven’t we heard more about it?
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At least four potential 2020 candidates are on board.

By Dylan Matthews
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Scaling up good ideas is really, really hard — and we’re starting to figure out whyScaling up good ideas is really, really hard — and we’re starting to figure out why
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Promising programs often fall apart when we try to offer them to more people. Here’s why.

By Kelsey Piper
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Marriott commits to cage-free eggs — and gives protesters vegan sandwiches to celebrateMarriott commits to cage-free eggs — and gives protesters vegan sandwiches to celebrate
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This is the latest in a long string of successful corporate campaigns.

By Kelsey Piper
Politics
William Barr helped establish mass incarceration. Now Trump wants him as attorney general.William Barr helped establish mass incarceration. Now Trump wants him as attorney general.
Politics

As attorney general for George H.W. Bush, Barr was an architect of America’s punitive criminal justice system.

By German Lopez
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Gene drives could end malaria. And they just escaped a UN ban.Gene drives could end malaria. And they just escaped a UN ban.
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The most important international summit you haven’t heard of, explained.

By Dylan Matthews
Climate
The EPA is lifting greenhouse gas limits on coal power plantsThe EPA is lifting greenhouse gas limits on coal power plants
Climate

The latest proposal won’t stop the steady decline of the coal industry.

By Umair Irfan
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2018 wasn’t a complete horror show. Here are four things that got better.2018 wasn’t a complete horror show. Here are four things that got better.
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Less extreme poverty, reductions in child mortality, and other promising trends.

By Dylan Matthews
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“Designer bugs”: how the next pandemic might come from a lab“Designer bugs”: how the next pandemic might come from a lab
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Why we need to take the threat of bioengineered superbugs seriously.

By R. Daniel Bressler and Chris Bakerlee
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A big new review of the evidence finds that prescription heroin worksA big new review of the evidence finds that prescription heroin works
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The review also found the evidence for safe injection sites to be much weaker.

By German Lopez
Climate
Why are people still living in the western US with the constant threat of climate change?Why are people still living in the western US with the constant threat of climate change?
Climate

New Mexicans like me are weighing our future in a fast-drying climate.

By Cally Carswell
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The “why can’t we all just get along” theory of politicsThe “why can’t we all just get along” theory of politics
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Bari Weiss and Eve Peyser want us to learn from their unlikely friendship. I’m not sure there’s much to learn.

By Dylan Matthews
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Study: election reforms in Brazil might have saved children’s lives. Here’s how.Study: election reforms in Brazil might have saved children’s lives. Here’s how.
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No longer able to win through fraud, politicians apparently started spending on health care.

By Kelsey Piper