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Policy

Could a 54-year-old civil rights law be revived?

By Jerusalem Demsas

Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

By Nicole Narea

The Supreme Court takes up a case, brought by Ted Cruz, that could legalize bribery

By Ian Millhiser

The future of New York City’s segregated “gifted” programs

By Fabiola Cineas

Is this the beginning of the end of gas stoves and dirty heat in buildings?

By Rebecca Leber

Inflation is surging. Joe Biden is still optimistic.

By Ellen Ioanes

Biden’s pre-K plan might not be as “universal” as he hopes

By Fabiola Cineas

I changed my mind on rent control

By Jerusalem Demsas

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The escalating costs of being single in America

Why is life in this country so hostile to single people?

By Anne Helen Petersen

House Democrats finally pass a massive social spending bill 

By Li Zhou

Democrats have no plan to fight housing inflation

By Jerusalem Demsas

One Good Thing: A documentary about Philly cops’ worst enemy becoming their DA

By Dylan Matthews

House progressives and moderates united to pass a massive infrastructure deal

By Li Zhou

A new Supreme Court case could gut the government’s power to fight climate change

By Ian Millhiser

The uncertain future of free community college

By Fabiola Cineas

Are billionaires best at deciding what to do with money?

By Emily Stewart

Democrats may let the best weapon against child poverty fade away

By Li Zhou

Americans are ready to tax the rich

By Tim Ryan Williams

The trillion-dollar coin scheme, explained by the guy who invented it

By Dylan Matthews

The US is closer than ever before to making major progress on the climate crisis

By Rebecca Leber

“Try us”: House progressives finally flex their power

By Li Zhou

An “attack on American cities” is freezing climate action in its tracks

By Rebecca Leber

Biden could end the debt ceiling — all by himself

By Dylan Matthews

Democrats desperately need to cut drug prices

By Dylan Scott

Elon Musk’s problematic plan for “full self-driving” Teslas

By Rebecca Heilweil

California is ending a rule that helped cause its housing crisis

By Jerusalem Demsas

In defense of the “gentrification building”

By Jerusalem Demsas

Medicare’s benefits are full of holes — and patients keep falling through

By Dylan Scott

Apple has changed its App Store rules, and Apple’s critics aren’t satisfied

By Peter Kafka

One policy that could challenge a century of fossil fuel dominance

By Rebecca Leber

The infrastructure bill provides historic funding for public transit. It’s not enough.

By Gabby Birenbaum
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How the US made affordable homes illegal

By Jerusalem Demsas and Ranjani Chakraborty

The big drop in American poverty during the pandemic, explained

By Dylan Matthews

How two competing cryptocurrency policies began a conversation on digital rights

By Maryam Gamar

Biden thinks his new eviction moratorium may be doomed. Here’s why he’s trying it anyway.

By Ian Millhiser

Biden’s immigration policy isn’t Trump’s — but it’s still a disappointment

By Nicole Narea

One way the US could have prevented the fight over the eviction moratorium

By Jerusalem Demsas

Congress wants to make going to the airport less miserable

By Gabby Birenbaum

“Progressive prosecutors” are working within the system to change it. How is that going?

By Jamil Smith

Is it a HIPAA violation for your employer to require vaccines?

By Sara Morrison

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