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Policy Archive

Archives for May 2016

Criminal Justice
How Morley Safer’s dogged reporting saved a black aerospace engineer’s lifeHow Morley Safer’s dogged reporting saved a black aerospace engineer’s life
Criminal Justice

60 Minutes’ Morley Safer showed the importance of great investigative reporting when DNA wasn’t available as forensic evidence.

By Victoria M. Massie
Politics
Seattle and Portland are showing how cities can grow without sprawlSeattle and Portland are showing how cities can grow without sprawl
Politics

Sprawling cities versus densifying cities

By Matthew Yglesias
8th-grade girls outperformed boys on a new national engineering and technology test
Technology

New subjects and a new way of designing the test may be the reason.

By Emily Crockett
Politics
Supreme Court: your right to a “speedy trial” ends when you’re declared guiltySupreme Court: your right to a “speedy trial” ends when you’re declared guilty
Politics

The Court rules that in the Sixth Amendment, “speedy trial” doesn’t mean “speedy sentencing.”

By Tara Golshan
Politics
Women are getting harassed in bathrooms because of anti-transgender hysteriaWomen are getting harassed in bathrooms because of anti-transgender hysteria
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Politics

Truly tragic stories.

By German Lopez
Ride-hail company Grab is open to exploring self-driving car partnerships when the technology is ready
Technology

The pace at which self-driving technology is developing might pressure the company to speed up.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Politics
Bad news: outside California, America isn’t actually sending fewer people to prisonBad news: outside California, America isn’t actually sending fewer people to prison
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Politics

This throws a wrench in a lot of criminal justice conversations.

By German Lopez
Technology
Google wants your car to run Android, tooGoogle wants your car to run Android, too
Technology

The company aims to convince carmakers to use Android to power in-car navigation and entertainment systems.

By Ina Fried
The “Ferguson effect,” a theory that’s warping the American crime debate, explained
Explainers

Homicides are on the rise in some US cities. The question is who’s to blame.

By Dara Lind
Fund me, Elmo: Sesame Street’s venture arm invests in education tech
Technology

The goal is to help boost tech companies that share the company’s vision.

By Ina Fried
Politics
Women’s advocates have spent 8 years begging Obama for what Justin Trudeau just didWomen’s advocates have spent 8 years begging Obama for what Justin Trudeau just did
Politics

Meanwhile, in Canada: Trudeau just repealed a long-standing ban on foreign aid for abortions.

By Emily Crockett
Technology
My first year with the Apple Watch as a health-monitoring toolMy first year with the Apple Watch as a health-monitoring tool
Technology

I won’t go as far as to say it is a life-saver. On the other hand, it has become a key part of how I manage my type 2 diabetes.

By Tim Bajarin
Politics
Cory Booker: Senate bill is “in my lifetime the first reversal of mass incarceration”Cory Booker: Senate bill is “in my lifetime the first reversal of mass incarceration”
Politics

New Jersey’s senator speaks to Vox about the criminal justice reform bill.

By German Lopez
Politics
Read every horrible thing Donald Trump has said about women and tell me he’s not a sexistRead every horrible thing Donald Trump has said about women and tell me he’s not a sexist
Politics

He’s as big a misogynist as he is a racist.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
Supreme Court punts on the latest Obamacare birth control challengeSupreme Court punts on the latest Obamacare birth control challenge
Politics

The case is being sent back to lower courts.

By Emily Crockett