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Policy Archive

Archives for September 2024

Sports
The NFL’s head trauma problem isn’t going awayThe NFL’s head trauma problem isn’t going away
Sports

Concussions — and Brett Favre’s Parkinson’s diagnosis — are putting a spotlight on head trauma.

By Li Zhou
Policy
Trump and Harris could raise taxes without asking Congress. Congress should stop them.Trump and Harris could raise taxes without asking Congress. Congress should stop them.
Policy

Why are tariffs the only tax that Congress doesn’t need to approve?

By Dylan Matthews
Supreme Court
What will the Supreme Court unleash on America in its new term?What will the Supreme Court unleash on America in its new term?
Supreme Court

The justices return to Washington after an unforgivable betrayal.

By Ian Millhiser
Policy
Abortion groups are raising more money than ever. Where exactly is it going? Abortion groups are raising more money than ever. Where exactly is it going? 
Policy

Activists confront competing priorities, tactics and goals ahead of Trump and Harris’s match-up in November

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Future Perfect
California’s governor has vetoed a historic AI safety billCalifornia’s governor has vetoed a historic AI safety bill
Future Perfect

SB 1047 would have been a landmark in AI safety. Gavin Newsom’s veto is a major setback in the fight against AI risk

By Sigal Samuel, Kelsey Piper and 1 more
Policy
America keeps choosing poverty — but it doesn’t have toAmerica keeps choosing poverty — but it doesn’t have to
Policy

Within Our Means is a newsletter about ending poverty in America.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Future Perfect
In defense of the washing machineIn defense of the washing machine
Future Perfect

Rich people debate washing machines for fun. But for billions of poor people, the debate really matters.

By Kelsey Piper
Life
The yellow school bus is in troubleThe yellow school bus is in trouble
Life

The disappearance of bus service is hurting kids around the country.

By Anna North
Future Perfect
The ugly reality behind Tim Walz’s farm-friendly imageThe ugly reality behind Tim Walz’s farm-friendly image
Future Perfect

The VP candidate loves to snuggle baby animals. He’s giving factory farming a progressive sheen.

By Kenny Torrella
America’s faultlines
How IVF exposed fissures in the Republican coalitionHow IVF exposed fissures in the Republican coalition
America’s faultlines

What Trump’s new positioning on reproductive rights tells us about the state of the GOP.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
America’s faultlines
The Architect: Stephen Miller’s dark agenda for a second Trump termThe Architect: Stephen Miller’s dark agenda for a second Trump term
America’s faultlines

Miller has spent years plotting mass deportation. If Trump wins, he’ll put his plans into action.

By Andrew Prokop
Criminal Justice
The urgent, futile calls to halt Marcellus Williams’s execution, explainedThe urgent, futile calls to halt Marcellus Williams’s execution, explained
Criminal Justice

Concerns about evidence handling and bias in jury selection have fueled outcry.

By Li Zhou
Policy
The present — and future — of the American rightThe present — and future — of the American right
The 6 thinkers who would define a second Trump term
America’s faultlines

From a tech world monarchist to a deceased advocate of state-run economies, meet the thinkers driving the Trump-era right.

By Zack Beauchamp
America’s faultlines
The big lie about Project 2025The big lie about Project 2025
America’s faultlines

Trump says he has nothing to do with Project 2025’s abortion policies. That’s false.

By Andrew Prokop