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Policy Archive

Archives for July 2024

Future Perfect
Africa is beating HIV. But the rest of the world is falling behind.Africa is beating HIV. But the rest of the world is falling behind.
Future Perfect

Now isn’t the time to stop funding key public health programs.

By Jess Craig
Vox’s guide to Kamala Harris’s 2024 policies
Ruthless “cop” or “soft on crime”? Kamala Harris’s record as prosecutor, explained.Ruthless “cop” or “soft on crime”? Kamala Harris’s record as prosecutor, explained.
Vox’s guide to Kamala Harris’s 2024 policies

The vice president’s days as a California prosecutor are difficult to define in clear ideological terms.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Policy
The movement desperately trying to get people to have more babiesThe movement desperately trying to get people to have more babies
Policy

It’s not only J.D. Vance fixating on childlessness: The pronatalists, explained.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
World Politics
Venezuela’s Maduro just tightened his grip on power. What comes next?Venezuela’s Maduro just tightened his grip on power. What comes next?
World Politics

Nicolás Maduro has presided over Venezuela’s economic decline — while increasing his authoritarian tendencies.

By Ellen Ioanes
Future Perfect
Do bigger highways actually help reduce traffic?Do bigger highways actually help reduce traffic?
Future Perfect

How America’s ever-widening highways are built on a lie.

By David Zipper
Policy
Trump proposed bombing Mexico and it somehow wasn’t a big storyTrump proposed bombing Mexico and it somehow wasn’t a big story
Policy

Trump’s extremist policy agenda is flying under the radar — and that’s a problem.

By Zack Beauchamp
Criminal Justice
What we know about the police killing of Sonya MasseyWhat we know about the police killing of Sonya Massey
Criminal Justice

It adds to a long and disturbing pattern of police violence toward Black Americans.

By Li Zhou
Politics
So what does Joe Biden do now?So what does Joe Biden do now?
Politics

In an Oval Office speech, Biden said his farewells. But his job isn’t done yet.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?
Politics

Dozens of other democracies have short election cycles. Can the Democrats learn something from them?

By Ellen Ioanes
Future Perfect
The billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support TrumpThe billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support Trump
Future Perfect

No, it isn’t a devious Democratic plan to destroy startups.

By Dylan Matthews
2024 Elections
Why does Kamala Harris want to be president?Why does Kamala Harris want to be president?
2024 Elections

It’s difficult to predict what a Harris presidency would look like. But there are some clues.

By Abdallah Fayyad and Christian Paz
Future Perfect
Artificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic incomeArtificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic income
Future Perfect

A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.

By Oshan Jarow
Future Perfect
How should we sell psychedelics?How should we sell psychedelics?
Future Perfect

A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.

By Oshan Jarow
How to travel now
Your flight was canceled. Now what?Your flight was canceled. Now what?
How to travel now

Here’s how to get to where you want to go, and make sure your luggage makes it too.

By Allie Volpe
Future Perfect
Free medical school won’t solve the doctor shortageFree medical school won’t solve the doctor shortage
Future Perfect

Too many Americans can’t find a doctor. Michael Bloomberg is donating $1 billion to Johns Hopkins to try to change that.

By Dylan Scott