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Policy Archive

Archives for May 2019

Politics
I’m obese. I want a healthy lifestyle. But it’s often inaccessible to disabled people like me.I’m obese. I want a healthy lifestyle. But it’s often inaccessible to disabled people like me.
Politics

Diet and exercise are especially challenging for disabled people.

By Pasquale Toscano
Politics
A federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi’s “heartbeat” abortion lawA federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi’s “heartbeat” abortion law
Politics

The legal fight begins.

By Tara Golshan
Police Violence
Black people are still suffering from police violence. Is America still listening?Black people are still suffering from police violence. Is America still listening?
Police Violence

Five years after the rise of Black Lives Matter, activists are still protesting. But national attention to police misconduct has waned.

By P.R. Lockhart
Politics
Alabama’s abortion ban is being challenged in court by the ACLU and Planned ParenthoodAlabama’s abortion ban is being challenged in court by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood
Politics

“We will absolutely make sure that abortion remains legal in all 50 states,” an ACLU attorney said.

By Anna North
Politics
This is what it was like to perform abortions before RoeThis is what it was like to perform abortions before Roe
Politics

A former underground provider explains the past — and possible future — of abortion in America.

By Anna North
Politics
Congress wants to stop surprise medical bills. But they have one big problem left to solve.Congress wants to stop surprise medical bills. But they have one big problem left to solve.
Politics

The big obstacle standing in the way of legislation to stop surprise medical bills, explained.

By Dylan Scott
My great-grandmother’s struggle with mental illness — and the therapy that saved her life
Science

Electroconvulsive therapy can help people with severe depression. But it has a controversial past.

By Alexia Underwood
Explainers
Nevada is lifting abortion restrictions, even as other states pass near-total bansNevada is lifting abortion restrictions, even as other states pass near-total bans
Explainers

With the country’s first majority-women legislature, Nevada is moving in the opposite direction of states like Alabama and Georgia.

By Anna North
Politics
Cory Booker wants banks to stop charging so many overdraft feesCory Booker wants banks to stop charging so many overdraft fees
Politics

Booker is going after a practice that targets vulnerable consumers.

By Li Zhou
Explainers
The crisis of children dying in custody at the border, explainedThe crisis of children dying in custody at the border, explained
Explainers

With three deaths since December and a flu quarantine, border facilities are in crisis.

By Dara Lind
Politics
How the baby boomers wrecked the economy for millennialsHow the baby boomers wrecked the economy for millennials
Politics

A Wall Street Journal columnist and I disagree about what went wrong.

By Sean Illing
The radical plan to change how Harvard teaches economics
Politics

Raj Chetty has an idea for introducing students to econ that could cause a seismic shift in the field.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
How Trump’s new immigration plan could hurt the economyHow Trump’s new immigration plan could hurt the economy
Politics

The US needs more low-skilled immigrants, not fewer.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
America’s first-ever public option, explained by Gov. Jay InsleeAmerica’s first-ever public option, explained by Gov. Jay Inslee
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

A lot of 2020 candidates talk health care. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee just signed a public option into law.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
The Morehouse debt cancellation and the growing black student debt crisisThe Morehouse debt cancellation and the growing black student debt crisis
Politics

At a time when black colleges are struggling and HBCU students are being hit by the debt crisis, Robert F. Smith’s donation is a big deal.

By P.R. Lockhart