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Policy Archive

Archives for July 2016

Watch the launch party for Tesla’s Gigafactory live online tonight
Technology

The huge plant in Nevada will crank out battery packs for vehicles and energy storage.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Politics
Hillary Clinton is using conservative rhetoric to lay out a remarkably liberal agendaHillary Clinton is using conservative rhetoric to lay out a remarkably liberal agenda
Politics

Look closely at the policies Clinton proposed at the DNC. They’re quite progressive.

By Andrew Prokop
Technology
What my daughters learned at summer coding campWhat my daughters learned at summer coding camp
Technology

They love collaboration and, above all, they are very fast learners when they see what technology can do for them.

By Ebba Blitz
Politics
Hillary Clinton said “systemic racism” in tonight’s speech. That’s major.Hillary Clinton said “systemic racism” in tonight’s speech. That’s major.
Politics

The way we talk about racism in America is changing.

By Victoria M. Massie
Politics
Read Hillary Clinton’s full DNC acceptance speech: “We begin a new chapter tonight”Read Hillary Clinton’s full DNC acceptance speech: “We begin a new chapter tonight”
Politics

Hillary Clinton accepts the nomination as the Democratic candidate for president on day four of the Democratic National Convention.

By Michelle Garcia
Criminal Justice
Dallas police shootings: 5 officers killed by sniper during protestDallas police shootings: 5 officers killed by sniper during protest
Criminal Justice

The protest was almost entirely peaceful. Then, gunfire.

By Vox Staff
Politics
We made a Bernie and Hillary supporter assemble Ikea furniture togetherWe made a Bernie and Hillary supporter assemble Ikea furniture together
Play
Politics

The results were, unfortunately, exactly what you’d expect.

By Liz Plank
Politics
The incredible unfairness of the global war on drugs, in one paragraphThe incredible unfairness of the global war on drugs, in one paragraph
Play
Politics

Americans very likely wouldn’t accept the trade-off expected of Mexico.

By German Lopez
Uber and Didi are now legal in China but the struggle to sign up drivers may continue
Technology

The drafted guidelines require drivers to have at least three years of experience and less than 380,000 miles on their car.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Politics
This trucker makes the best argument for Bernie or BustThis trucker makes the best argument for Bernie or Bust
Politics

An emotional, complex, and nuanced case for a movement caricatured as composed of impudent youth.

By Jeff Stein
What I learned about police brutality videos from studying images of lynchings
Criminal Justice

Marginalized communities have developed traditions to affirm themselves in the midst of both physical and institutionalized violence.

By Koritha Mitchell
Politics
3 winners and 4 losers from the third night of the Democratic National Convention3 winners and 4 losers from the third night of the Democratic National Convention
Politics

Winner: dad jokes.

By Dylan Matthews
Criminal Justice
At least 82 people have died from gun violence since the Democratic National Convention startedAt least 82 people have died from gun violence since the Democratic National Convention started
Politics
Watch the arresting, emotional speech an Orlando shooting victim’s mother gave at the DNCWatch the arresting, emotional speech an Orlando shooting victim’s mother gave at the DNC
Politics

“It was in his DNA that love always trumps hate.”

By Emily Crockett
Gun Violence
There are now more guns than people in AmericaThere are now more guns than people in America
Gun Violence

We are the only country in which guns outnumber people — a fact that came true in 2009. Yet, we keep manufacturing more and more guns.

By Sarah Frostenson