Policy Archive
Archives for July 2019


The real impact of Republican’s rejection of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.


A doctor explains how our brains can trick us into making bad choices — and how to fight back.


She’s also proposing a federal tax that would generate revenue to help people convicted of marijuana possession in the past.


Why China’s best-known artist — and director of the acclaimed 2017 film Human Flow — returned to the subject of migration for The Rest.


The HPV vaccine is now recommended for some people as old as 45.


RIP Mark Kleiman, one of our best criminal justice scholars and my friend.

The city adopted a $15 minimum wage four years ago. Here’s what happened.


In the Trump era, news of ICE raids and family separation are shaping people’s reproductive lives.


Philadelphia is firing 13 officers for racist Facebook posts. Other departments could soon follow.


There are simple fixes that would make it more difficult for scammers to operate.


Four economic ideas disproven by reality.

Insurers are regarded as defenders of health care dollars, but the case of David Williams shows how they allow costs to rise.


“If history is any guide, the people that are leading the race today are not going to be the nominee.”


The former Supreme Court justice was a Republican. But he took a pretty bold position on guns.


The Department of Justice investigated Garner’s death for years.