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Policy Archive

Archives for September 2016

Health Care
The pro-life movement’s biggest win just turned 40. Inside the fight to reverse it.The pro-life movement’s biggest win just turned 40. Inside the fight to reverse it.
Health Care

Momentum is growing to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which has banned public funding for abortion since 1976.

By Emily Crockett
A year after Mizzou protests, black students called racial slurs on campus
Education

“Quite frankly, WE. ARE. SICK. OF. THIS!”

By Victoria M. Massie
Politics
Alabama’s top judge is suspended after refusing to obey the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage rulingAlabama’s top judge is suspended after refusing to obey the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling
Politics

The message is clear: No one is above the law.

By German Lopez
The Big Idea
The surge in violent crime is overblown — but here’s how to combat itThe surge in violent crime is overblown — but here’s how to combat it
The Big Idea

A targeted attack on hot spots, and focusing on at-risk populations, could reverse the uptick in homicide.

By Thomas Abt
Marvel’s Luke Cage isn’t afraid of the character’s blaxploitation roots. It embraces them, and is better for it.
Culture

What makes Marvel’s Luke Cage origin story so effective?

By Alex Abad-Santos
Study: people call 911 less often after high-profile instances of police brutality
Criminal Justice

The findings suggest distrust in police can lead to more unchecked crime and violence.

By German Lopez
Explainers
These states let police take and keep your stuff even if you haven’t committed a crimeThese states let police take and keep your stuff even if you haven’t committed a crime
Explainers

Hard to believe, but it’s true.

By German Lopez
Sports
President Obama wants Colin Kaepernick and his critics to listen to each other. But Kaepernick already does.President Obama wants Colin Kaepernick and his critics to listen to each other. But Kaepernick already does.
Sports

The president tried to find middle ground, and missed the point.

By Victoria M. Massie
A new school year. A new fight against affirmative action. This time at Harvard.
Politics

Harvard’s affirmative action case picks up where Fisher ended.

By Victoria M. Massie
Why Uber has to be first to market with self-driving cars
Technology

Especially if the company wants to IPO in the next two years.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Technology
Full transcript: Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley on Recode DecodeFull transcript: Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley on Recode Decode
Technology

“What could go right?”

By Eric Johnson
Serena Williams refuses to be silent as black people continue to be killed by police
Criminal Justice

“As Dr. Martin Luther King said[,] ‘There comes a time when silence is betrayal.’”

By Victoria M. Massie
Watch a 9-year-old black girl’s powerful statement on police shootings to Charlotte’s City Council
Politics

“We shouldn’t have to protest because y’all are treating us wrong.”

By German Lopez
Trump defended the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy. The NYPD said Trump got the facts wrong.
Politics

Even the New York City Police Department fact-checked the debate.

By German Lopez
Culture
The podcast In the Dark isn’t just the new Serial. It’s better.The podcast In the Dark isn’t just the new Serial. It’s better.
Culture

The true-crime story is improved by knowing who committed the crime at its center.

By Emily St. James