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Policy Archive

Archives for June 2024

Future Perfect
Business owners are buying into a bogus myth about drivingBusiness owners are buying into a bogus myth about driving
Future Perfect

NYC’s very good plan to fix traffic fell victim to a very bad argument. And it’s not just New York.

By David Zipper
Policy
One change that would make cars safer for everyoneOne change that would make cars safer for everyone
Policy

Too many pedestrians are dying on US roads. Changing car safety ratings could save lives.

By Marin Cogan
Policy
Cities know how to improve traffic. They keep making the same colossal mistake.Cities know how to improve traffic. They keep making the same colossal mistake.
Policy

The US shouldn’t give up on congestion pricing.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Politics
The failure of the college presidentThe failure of the college president
Politics

How the top campus job became so complex and public this year.

By Fabiola Cineas
Today, Explained newsletter
Our identity crisis on immigrationOur identity crisis on immigration
Today, Explained newsletter

Cities and states aren’t waiting for the federal government to act.

By Matt Collette
Supreme Court
Trump wants the Supreme Court to toss out his conviction. Will they?Trump wants the Supreme Court to toss out his conviction. Will they?
Supreme Court

It’s hard to see how they’d do it legally, but this Court has a history of reading the law creatively.

By Ian Millhiser
Policy
It’s not Islamophobia, it’s anti-Palestinian racismIt’s not Islamophobia, it’s anti-Palestinian racism
Policy

Anti-Palestinian racism is a distinct form of bigotry that’s too often ignored.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Politics
Biden’s sweeping new asylum restrictions, explainedBiden’s sweeping new asylum restrictions, explained
Politics

Biden’s transparently political attack on asylum put little daylight between him and Trump.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
Trump’s New York conviction is not enoughTrump’s New York conviction is not enough
Politics

If the federal government wants to uphold democracy and the rule of law, it can’t leave convicting Trump to the states.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Future Perfect
MDMA’s federal approval drama, briefly explainedMDMA’s federal approval drama, briefly explained
Future Perfect

MDMA looked like it was on a fast track for PTSD treatment. Now, an FDA committee is advising otherwise.

By Oshan Jarow
Police Violence
What we know about the police killing of Black Air Force member Roger FortsonWhat we know about the police killing of Black Air Force member Roger Fortson
Police Violence

Fortson’s shooting deepens longstanding scrutiny of police violence.

By Li Zhou
Today, Explained newsletter
This is the world’s best investmentThis is the world’s best investment
Today, Explained newsletter

A new study finds that combating malaria, TB, and HIV pays for itself 405 times over.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
America’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 chartsAmerica’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 charts
Politics

For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US’s broken immigration system are often overlooked.

By Nicole Narea
World Politics
Israel is not fighting for its survivalIsrael is not fighting for its survival
World Politics

The end of Gaza’s suffering can’t wait on Hamas’s destruction.

By Eric Levitz
This changed everything
Life

The turning points that defined the last 10 years.

By Vox Staff