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Policy Archive

Archives for September 2016

Explainers
How nude photos and bad fact-checking created Melania Trump’s big immigration scandalHow nude photos and bad fact-checking created Melania Trump’s big immigration scandal
Explainers

Melania’s not-as-sketchy-as-it-sounds immigration history, explained.

By Dara Lind
Meet the startup that two of Google’s top self-driving engineers left to create
Technology

Jiajun Zhu, who helped co-found Google’s self-driving project, and Dave Ferguson have just launched an autonomous car company called Nuro.ai.

By Johana Bhuiyan
As Uber’s robot cars hit the streets in Pittsburgh, the fears of its human drivers have become a reality
Technology

But as the tech develops, self-driving cars may make more economic sense.

By Johana Bhuiyan
Everyone should stop it with the “Black Lives Matter”–inspired slogans
Criminal Justice

“Black Rifles Matter,” “Black Olives Matter,” and the like just reveal lazy, dismissive thinking about racism.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
Americans are earning more — but that isn’t the only good news in the new census data
Politics

Wages did go up. But something else important happened too.

By Sarah Kliff
American Honey, Moonlight, and cinema’s slow embrace of extreme poverty
Culture

Some of the best films at this year’s TIFF are determined to explore a frequently ignored subject.

By Emily St. James
A conversation with Jill Stein: what the Green Party candidate believes
Politics

We asked Stein about her positions on NATO, gun control, and “QE for student debt.”

By Jeff Stein
Criminal Justice
What is the Gülen movement, the group the Turkish government is blaming for a failed coup?What is the Gülen movement, the group the Turkish government is blaming for a failed coup?
Criminal Justice

President Erdogan has been attacking Fethullah Gülen and his followers for more than two years. Now, he wants Washington to send him home for trial.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
The case for treating sugar like a dangerous drugThe case for treating sugar like a dangerous drug
Politics

Experts say sugar is a major public health issue.

By German Lopez
Olympian John Carlos on protests: “If you’re famous and you’re black, you have to be an activist”
Sports

Activism isn’t always optional.

By Victoria M. Massie
The evolution of the Clint Eastwood hero, from the Man With No Name to Sully
Culture

Sully may be played by Tom Hanks, but he’s a Clint Eastwood hero through and through.

By Peter Suderman
Robots and red tape: Regulatory uncertainty in Uber’s self-driving bet
Technology

Driverless cars represent the true Wild West of public policy.

By Eric Tanenblatt
The Apple dream car might not happen
Technology

“Dozens of employees” have reportedly left Apple’s secret car project.

By Dan Frommer
Politics
Why are people still defending slavery in America? 5 common excuses, debunked.Why are people still defending slavery in America? 5 common excuses, debunked.
Politics

From Bill O’Reilly’s “slaves were well-fed” to the myth of Irish slaves.

By Victoria M. Massie