Policy Archive
Archives for December 2019


When it’s easy for anyone to get a gun, even people with very bad intentions can get their hands on a firearm.


Randomized controlled trials and the debate over them, explained.


Trump’s policies are pushing migrants into Mexico instead.


As many as six justices appeared bothered by a Republican effort to undercut the Affordable Care Act.

Why discrimination against voucher holders is a big problem.


Progressives argue that the legislation could still stand to be more inclusive.


Private ambulances serve much of Mexico City. Midnight Family tells the story of one.


Amid stricter EU immigration policies, they’re seeking protection in the US instead.


A shooter at Pensacola, Florida, Naval Air Station killed at least three people and injured eight others.


The company documented nearly 6,000 sexual assaults in two years.


The Voting Rights Act was weakened in 2013. Here’s Democrats’ plan to restore it.


There’s no real evidence that it works — and no data on the side effects.


Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo are immigrants themselves — and they both think the evidence shows we need more people like them.


The Court will decide if the Trump administration must keep one of Obamacare’s promises.


The candidates agree on universal background checks and an assault weapons ban. There’s less agreement on other proposals.