Policy Archive
Archives for October 2019


A local law has meant cancer warnings adorn everything from bikinis and faux leather jackets to certain foods and, for a while, coffee.


As colleges grapple with the legacy of slavery, it’s the third school in two months to announce a reparations fund.


Hearings will determine if Missouri will be the first state without an abortion clinic.


Forcing this vote was part of Democrats’ strategy to renew messaging on health care.


But the biggest threat to abortion might come from another place.


Republican justices face a test of whether they will remain loyal to their principles when those principles cut against the GOP.


The Trump administration struck a deal that also increases immigration enforcement in El Salvador.


In many of the states that have aggressively intervened to support their insurance markets, Obamacare rates are going to be lower next year.


The state could become the first without an abortion clinic since Roe v. Wade.


Republicans want to roll back Obamacare as Democrats debate Medicare-for-all.

Some DACA immigrants describe anxiety and gloom as they await a Supreme Court decision.


The South Bend mayor’s platform aims to present a realistic vision for the justice system — and show his commitment to police reform.


Immigrants on public benefits won’t get help paying for their citizenship and green card applications anymore.


The fallout over family separations is far from over.


Sanders vows to legalize marijuana through executive action — and address some concerns about legalization, too.