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Policy Archive

Archives for March 2024

Podcasts
Why buying a house feels impossible right nowWhy buying a house feels impossible right now
Podcast
Podcasts

Can’t buy, won’t sell: Today’s housing market, explained.

By Amanda Lewellyn and Noel King
Politics
The crisis that could bring down Benjamin Netanyahu, explainedThe crisis that could bring down Benjamin Netanyahu, explained
Politics

Netanyahu has till Sunday evening to present a fix to Israel’s controversial conscription law. If he fails, his government likely fails with him.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
The Baltimore bridge collapse and its potential consequences, explainedThe Baltimore bridge collapse and its potential consequences, explained
Politics

From search efforts to how a ship can knock down a bridge, here’s what you need to know.

By Li Zhou, Ellen Ioanes and 1 more
Politics
Chicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problemChicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problem
Politics

They point to much deeper holes in US immigration policy.

By Li Zhou
Supreme Court
Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills caseEven the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills case
Supreme Court

The lawsuit challenging mifepristone should have never been heard by any court.

By Ian Millhiser
Policy
Why IVF looks different in the US than in the rest of the worldWhy IVF looks different in the US than in the rest of the world
Policy

What the debate over the fertility industry misses.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will weigh in on the January 6 insurrection. What could possibly go wrong?The Supreme Court will weigh in on the January 6 insurrection. What could possibly go wrong?
Supreme Court

The Court’s decision could potentially undermine over 300 January 6 prosecutions, including Trump’s.

By Ian Millhiser
Future Perfect
Congress can’t get anything done. Except on foreign aid.Congress can’t get anything done. Except on foreign aid.
Future Perfect

Major reform on how the US gives money to other countries is breezing through the House with bipartisan support.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
The House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge giftThe House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge gift
Politics

Roughly 80 percent of House Republicans just lined up behind a plan to cut Social Security and ban all abortions.

By Eric Levitz
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s abortion pills case, explainedThe Supreme Court’s abortion pills case, explained
Supreme Court

The stakes in the Supreme Court’s mifepristone case go way beyond abortion.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explainedThe Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explained
Supreme Court

It is hard to believe that Justice Amy Coney Barrett actually agrees with her own opinion.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
How a Mississippi case of police brutality emphasizes the need for more accountabilityHow a Mississippi case of police brutality emphasizes the need for more accountability
Politics

Six former police officers tortured two Black men. They’re getting sentenced this week.

By Li Zhou
Future Perfect
Can a friend be your most significant other?Can a friend be your most significant other?
Future Perfect

Author Rhaina Cohen on what we can learn from people who choose a friend as a life partner.

By Sigal Samuel
Today, Explained newsletter
Why abortion in the US is on the riseWhy abortion in the US is on the rise
Today, Explained newsletter

There were more abortions in 2023 than in any year since 2011.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Abortion influences everything
Even Better

By inhibiting drug development, economic growth, and military recruitment, as well as driving doctors away from the places they’re needed most, bans almost certainly harm you — yes, you.

By Keren Landman, MD