Policy Archive
Archives for August 2016

It failed to find another buyer after GM expressed interest in acquiring the company.


Most states lack civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people.


It’s looking more and more like Lochte may have made the whole thing up.

Drivers might not see as much money if they go to trial.


Yes, the Birth of a Nation director was acquitted. All the more reason to tackle these dangerous myths.

For Uber, autonomous tech is “basically existential.”

And Uber helps Otto accelerate its path to market.

Police violence, mass incarceration, and segregation are a big part of many large American cities — and they leave black communities hurt and angry.

Uber users in Pittsburgh will be able to hail semi-autonomous Volvos by the end of August.


Trevor Noah takes a look at the Justice Department’s scathing investigation into the Baltimore Police Department.


“She could wind up being one of our greatest presidents. And frankly she’s going to have to. Or else she’ll be a one-termer.”

A conversation about the law’s future, with Sarah Kliff and Ezra Klein.
But did everybody guess it already?



A remarkable evolution on this issue.