Policy Archive
Archives for February 2019


The co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus has an ambitious plan for government-run health care.


Neomi Rao oversaw anti-abortion policies for the Trump administration. But one Republican senator wasn’t sure she was anti-abortion enough.


A new FBI report has some good news on crime.


The most important report on child poverty in years is finally out.


More tech work could head overseas as the US allows fewer tech workers into the country.


The research, however, suggests that Congress should go even bigger.


The Washington Post reports that the US blocked internet access to Russian trolls trying to spread misinformation during the election.

It’s the most ambitious plan for government-run health care yet.


Despite the sharp right turn in Brazilian politics, evangelical legislators remain a question mark.

All of Congress’s ideas for bringing down prescription drug prices, explained.




The opioid epidemic has made America an outlier among wealthy nations when it comes to drug overdoses.

I needed to prove that I was an “alien of extraordinary ability” — a relatively daunting task, to say the least.


And the SEC isn’t playing around.

Amy Klobuchar went after low-level, nonviolent crimes as a prosecutor. Now she wants to be president.