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Policy Archive

Archives for September 2016

Politics
An open carry law didn’t stop police from killing Keith Lamont ScottAn open carry law didn’t stop police from killing Keith Lamont Scott
Politics

Police officers shot Scott after they said he had a gun.

By German Lopez
Ohio police chief calls on cops to stop senseless shootings: “You are making us all look bad”
Politics

Rodney Muterspaw spoke out on Twitter after the Tulsa, Oklahoma, police shooting of Terence Crutcher.

By German Lopez
Politics
The lousy reason I didn’t vote in 1968 — and why Sanders supporters shouldn’t fall for itThe lousy reason I didn’t vote in 1968 — and why Sanders supporters shouldn’t fall for it
Politics

I thought there was no difference between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. I was wrong.

By Michael Ansara
Southeast Asia’s Grab raised $750 million in its largest round to date
Technology

The round was led by existing investor SoftBank with participation from new and old investors in the U.S. and China.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Why the Chelsea bomb didn’t kill anyone, according to bomb experts
Criminal Justice

The Chelsea bomb was more advanced than the Boston Marathon ones. Why did no one die?

By Yochi Dreazen
Police Violence
You’ll have to scroll for a very long time to get through this list of police shooting victimsYou’ll have to scroll for a very long time to get through this list of police shooting victims
Police Violence

The more than 2,000 people killed by police since August 2014, in one list.

By German Lopez and Soo Oh
The Trump family’s refugee rhetoric threatens one of America’s most cherished values
Politics

The US has been a world leader in welcoming refugees. Donald Trump and his son compare them to snakes and Skittles.

By Dara Lind
Politics
Police killings since Ferguson, in one mapPolice killings since Ferguson, in one map
Politics

Here’s how many people police have killed since the shooting of Michael Brown.

By German Lopez and Soo Oh
Watch: Terence Crutcher’s sister defends him from police officer’s claim that he was a “bad dude”
Politics

The officer made the remark as Crutcher was shot and killed.

By German Lopez
Politics
Why police so often see unarmed black men as threatsWhy police so often see unarmed black men as threats
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Politics

The prejudices run very deep — and that’s the problem.

By German Lopez
An Ivy League professor on what the campus conversation on race gets wrong
Poverty

Brown University’s Glenn Loury: “We’re arguing about labels, about what to call our holidays, or which portraits to rearrange on the wall.”

By Sean Illing
Donald Trump is going all in on banning abortion
Politics

Trump promises he’ll grant the policy wish list that anti-abortion activists have been dreaming of.

By Emily Crockett
The first federal guidelines for self-driving cars are coming tomorrow
Technology

Automakers and other self-driving companies will have to meet a 15-point safety assessment under the new policies.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Health Care
The Zika virus is fueling demand for self-induced abortions in Latin AmericaThe Zika virus is fueling demand for self-induced abortions in Latin America
Health Care

More women in Zika-afflicted countries are ordering abortion pills online, according to a new study.

By Emily Crockett
Politics
What people mean when they label an attack “terrorism”What people mean when they label an attack “terrorism”
Politics

The word means different things to different people.

By Jennifer Williams