Policy Archive
Archives for May 2024
With pedestrian and traffic fatalities on the rise, how can the US make its roads safer?
Drivers don’t need to go faster than 20 mph on most city streets.
Mexico City is staring down a water crisis. It won’t be the last city to do so.
Longevity research may not let us live forever — but it could still make our lives better in smaller ways.
A post-Covid pandemic treaty was supposed to be a breakthrough. Instead, it looks like a disappointment.
A new book on youth suicide clusters offers perspective on prevention.
And is it feasible? Plus three other questions about the student protesters’ demands.
Why are more and more older people spending their dying years behind bars?
There are already legal challenges to the new policy, but authorities detained some migrants this week.
The Columbia protests and the debate over pro-Palestinian college students, explained.
Deescalating conflict around protests was possible, but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead.
It’s time to take back the Israel-Palestine debate from the radicals on both sides.
A shocking new study suggests medical debt relief didn’t do much to improve patients’ finances or health.
How conspiring doctors, questionable tonics, and twisted patriotism led to the 1864 Arizona abortion ban that has finally been repealed.
A potential policy change could have big benefits for marijuana businesses.