Policy Archive
Archives for August 2019
The decision comes more than five years after Garner’s death drew national attention and galvanized racial justice activists.
Less than two weeks later, Texas Rangers have found “nothing that warrant[s] a criminal investigation.”
The Justice Department has recently made aggressive statements against Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner and other progressive prosecutors.
“For Democrats to play into the hands of the corporate gun lobby, and just letting them define what the realm of possible is, it’s so defeatist to me.”
Six Democratic lawmakers are asking federal regulators to take action in response to a story by ProPublica and Vox.
Calling the law “hopelessly unconstitutional,” plaintiffs want it delayed while the court hears their case.
Suicide is the leading cause of death in jails.
But experts in the field aren’t sure such legislation will help the fight against white nationalist terror attacks like El Paso.
With her new book, Jen Gunter aims to fight the myths that plague women.
A new study finds that fatal police violence is a leading cause of death for young men in America. The study’s lead author tells Vox why that matters.
The Senate won’t be back for three weeks. Democrats are scrambling to keep the focus on gun control.
“Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.”
The “public charge” rule change is about generating “fear, cruelty, and chaos,” Marielena Hincapié tells us.
A million species are threatened worldwide. This is how Trump responds.
The tweets claimed a police officer “murdered” Michael Brown. But that’s not what investigators, including those from the Obama administration, concluded.