Policy Archive
Archives for May 2024


Was Trump wrongly convicted? The debate, explained.


Even truly repulsive speakers have First Amendment rights.


The end of amateurism finally comes for college sports. Will we miss it?


To clear tent encampments in cities, some leaders urge a focus beyond shelters.


Israel is massacring Palestinians — and undermining its own security in the process.


A defunct federal law is Republicans’ best hope of banning abortion throughout the United States.

A foreign government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it’s succeeding.


Lawmakers in Minnesota want to cap out-of-pocket child care costs.


Ozempic has become hugely popular. Researchers are racing to learn more about what it does to us.


A Texas man who killed a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 was pardoned yesterday. Here’s what it says about politics in 2024.


Seventy years after the Brown decision, many students are divided by their race and socioeconomic status.


Protecting radical dissent requires tolerating right-wing speech.


Biden is acting like he hates the Chinese more than he likes the climate.


We don’t need apocalyptic economic predictions to advocate for better family policy.


This is what happens after four years under an insurrectionist president. It will get much worse if he gets eight.