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Politics Archive

Archives for June 2015

Supreme Court
Supreme Court decides on lethal injectionSupreme Court decides on lethal injection
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court upheld Oklahoma’s use of untested drugs to kill prisoners in Glossip v Gross.

By Vox Staff
Politics
Greece has been in crisis for five years. How’d it get so bad now?Greece has been in crisis for five years. How’d it get so bad now?
Politics

“This is, quite frankly, a disaster for the Greek economy.”

By Sarah Kliff
Explainers
Why the Greek economy is melting downWhy the Greek economy is melting down
Explainers

Greece is being squeezed between its crushing debt burden and a deep depression.

By Timothy B. Lee
Politics
This is what America would look like without gerrymanderingThis is what America would look like without gerrymandering
Politics

Why don’t our districts look like this?

By Andrew Prokop
Climate
The Supreme Court throws a wrench in the EPA’s crackdown on mercury pollutionThe Supreme Court throws a wrench in the EPA’s crackdown on mercury pollution
Climate

But even if the EPA’s rule gets struck down, most power plants have already taken steps to comply.

By Brad Plumer
World Politics
These photos show how Greece is falling into a deep financial crisisThese photos show how Greece is falling into a deep financial crisis
World Politics

Bank ATMs remained open in Greece, only to dole out a small amount of money (60 euros, or about $66 USD) a day, per person.

By Margarita Noriega
Politics
John Oliver’s 3-minute explanation of Greece’s crisisJohn Oliver’s 3-minute explanation of Greece’s crisis
Politics

There were signs, four months ago, that this was coming.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
Justice Scalia: The death penalty deters crime. Experts: No, it doesn’t.Justice Scalia: The death penalty deters crime. Experts: No, it doesn’t.
Politics

Most criminologists disagree with Scalia.

By German Lopez
Marriage Equality
Watch: Turkish police attack LGBTQ pride march, assault man with water cannonWatch: Turkish police attack LGBTQ pride march, assault man with water cannon
Marriage Equality

They make sure to destroy his rainbow flag first before sending him flying.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Scalia says Breyer and Ginsburg’s death penalty dissent “rejects the Enlightenment”Scalia says Breyer and Ginsburg’s death penalty dissent “rejects the Enlightenment”
Politics

Some characteristic strong rhetoric from Justice Scalia.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
How a shortage of lethal injection drugs put the death penalty before the Supreme CourtHow a shortage of lethal injection drugs put the death penalty before the Supreme Court
Politics

A drug shortage led states to try new, experimental methods.

By German Lopez
Politics
The Supreme Court just barely saved an important anti-gerrymandering reformThe Supreme Court just barely saved an important anti-gerrymandering reform
Play
Politics

The 5-4 ruling found that a statewide vote can take districting powers away from the legislature.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
Sotomayor: OK’s lethal injections are “chemical equivalent of being burned at the stake”Sotomayor: OK’s lethal injections are “chemical equivalent of being burned at the stake”
Politics

But the Supreme Court is letting the state go ahead with them anyway.

By Dara Lind
Technology
The Supreme Court just refused to review a disastrous ruling on software copyrightsThe Supreme Court just refused to review a disastrous ruling on software copyrights
Technology

A controversial copyright ruling could make it harder to make computer programs work together, and the government advised the Supreme Court not to review it.

By Timothy B. Lee