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Politics Archive

Archives for October 2015

Politics
This new study should give universal pre-K advocates pauseThis new study should give universal pre-K advocates pause
Politics

Not every kid in Tennessee got pre-K. But those who did were worse off.

By Ezra Klein
Politics
Good news for GOP elites: Trump’s not winning Iowa anymore. Bad news: Ben Carson is.Good news for GOP elites: Trump’s not winning Iowa anymore. Bad news: Ben Carson is.
Politics

Polls this week showed Carson 8 to 14 points ahead of Trump.

By Andrew Prokop
Technology
Europe Votes on the Future of Its Internet TomorrowEurope Votes on the Future of Its Internet Tomorrow
Technology

Proposed legislation aims to protect net neutrality across the EU, but major loopholes threaten to undermine it.

By Amar Toor
Why Cuban cab drivers earn more than doctors
Video

In Cuba, cab drivers are the 1 percent.

By Johnny Harris
World Politics
Watch a pro-Assad volunteer explain why he fights for the world’s most despised dictatorWatch a pro-Assad volunteer explain why he fights for the world’s most despised dictator
World Politics

His answer includes a lot of propaganda, but also something realer: fear.

By Max Fisher
Politics
The GOP has a new speaker, but he’s stuck with the same doomed strategyThe GOP has a new speaker, but he’s stuck with the same doomed strategy
Play
Politics

Paul Ryan is facing the same cycle of betrayal and disappointment.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Why Janet Yellen should ignore the experts and listen to this naive farmerWhy Janet Yellen should ignore the experts and listen to this naive farmer
Politics

A New York Times writer argues that you’re not supposed to understand the Federal Reserve. But right now the commonsense answer is correct.

By Timothy B. Lee
Politics
Prison sentences are getting shorter. But racial disparities are getting worse.Prison sentences are getting shorter. But racial disparities are getting worse.
Politics

That’s a very bad sign.

By Dara Lind
Explainers
Why a Taiwanese woman gave birth on a plane — only to be separated from her childWhy a Taiwanese woman gave birth on a plane — only to be separated from her child
Explainers

And why government officials are so angry with her.

By Dara Lind
Explainers
South Africa’s huge student protests, explainedSouth Africa’s huge student protests, explained
Explainers

How a demonstration against one university’s fee hikes became a national crisis.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Stat check: 1 in 10 of the world’s poorest adults is an AmericanStat check: 1 in 10 of the world’s poorest adults is an American
Politics

True if and only if you use a terrible definition of poverty.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Jeb Bush should drop out for the good of the Republican PartyJeb Bush should drop out for the good of the Republican Party
Politics

It’s Marco Time

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Why some college presidents are skeptical of Clinton and Sanders’s plansWhy some college presidents are skeptical of Clinton and Sanders’s plans
Politics

Most college presidents are politically liberal. But when it comes to federal higher education policy, they act like any other industry the government is trying to regulate.

By Libby Nelson
Politics
Mitt Romney: “Without Romneycare, I don’t think we would have Obamacare”Mitt Romney: “Without Romneycare, I don’t think we would have Obamacare”
Politics

He’s finally taking credit for the law he spent all of 2012 railing against.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
Jeb Bush’s campaign is in deep troubleJeb Bush’s campaign is in deep trouble
Politics

The news has been getting grimmer and grimmer.

By Andrew Prokop