Politics Archive
Archives for April 2015


That and more in our daily news roundup.


Colleges with a lot of engineering majors do well — but so do liberal arts colleges, and we don’t know why.


Cruz’s vision of foreign policy is distinct from both neoconservatism and Rand Paul’s non-interventionist insurgency. But it’s not clear that there’s a home for it in the GOP.


Bernie Sanders launched his campaign for the presidency today. His only problem: the woman he has to beat for the Democratic nomination sounds just like him.


Criminal justice reformers are still waiting for an apology.


He wants single-payer health care, a carbon tax, and a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United.


Congress is focusing on trolls, while ignoring deeper problems with the patent system.


One little-noticed passage in Clinton’s speech shows just how quickly Democrats have shifted on criminal justice reform.

He’s spent decades warning America that it’s drifting toward oligarchy. Could this be his moment?


It could really hurt Bangladesh and Cambodia.


On the table: Taking the American studio’s games to China, and building games specifically for the East.


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Here’s why that matters.


There’s been a massive shift in how America treats mental health patients — and it’s not necessarily for the better.


Black residents earn less and are more likely to die young.