Capitalism Makes Society Less Racist
In the Jim Crow South, businesses fought racism—because the rules denied them customers.
In the Jim Crow South, businesses fought racism—because the rules denied them customers.
The Supreme Court will decide whether former presidents can avoid criminal prosecution by avoiding impeachment and removal.
Science can detect increasingly small particles of plastic in our air and water. That doesn't mean it's bad for you.
Certificate of need laws were supposed to ensure high-quality health care in rural places. Instead, they allowed hospitals to veto potential competitors.
I'm the DEA's poster child for prescription stimulant abuse: a 30-something adult who needs a telehealth psychiatrist and can't remember what day the garbage truck comes.
The needless complexity of affordable housing programs are hurting people they're supposed to help.
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Columbia law professor David Pozen recalls the controversy provoked by early anti-drug laws and the hope inspired by subsequent legal assaults on prohibition.
Did Elizabeth Warren help cause hundreds of layoffs in Massachusetts?
Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
Angela Prichard was murdered after Bellevue police officers repeatedly refused to enforce a restraining order against her abusive husband.
House Speaker Mike Johnson worked with President Biden to push through a $95 billion foreign military aid package—most of which goes to the American military-industrial complex.
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We live in a world of abundance (when politicians don’t screw it up).
From Alice Roosevelt to Hunter Biden, we've never been sure how to reconcile American democracy with American dynasties.
Some crimes linger in public memory and some crimes fade away. The Columbine massacre didn't just stay with us—it created a script for future murders.
Banning companies for doing business with China is a bad path to start down.
The new rules allow students to be found guilty of assaulting a classmate without ever seeing the full evidence against them.
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
At least one inmate claims that the shower stalls, which were just 3 feet by 3 feet, were covered in human feces.
"This bill would basically allow the government to institute a spy draft," warns head of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
We've seen this saga so many times before.
Exaggerated threats of terrorists crossing the southern border lead to costly, disproportionate policy decisions.
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Which is bad news for anyone hoping to rent a place to live.
Don't trust the do-gooders campaigning against drinking, smoking, and gambling.
The protagonist's adversaries eventually embrace modernity.
New language could make almost anybody with access to a WiFi router help the government snoop.
Having someone take your fast-food order on a virtual call may seem strange, but the benefits speak for themselves.
Since Donald Trump's alleged falsification of business records happened after he was elected president, he clearly was not trying to ensure that outcome.
The university has a history of suppressing speech from both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Elica Le Bon, an attorney and Iranian-American activist, talks about Iran's recent strike on Israel on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
The little-known but outrageous practice allowed judges to enhance defendants' sentences using conduct a jury acquitted them of.
"I am not in the newsroom," the embattled NPR chieftain said over and over again.
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Science can detect increasingly small particles of plastic in our air and water. That doesn't mean it's bad for you.
There are many pervasive myths about the U.S. tax code. Here are a few.
The long-time public radio editor's resignation proves he was right all along.
If higher tariffs were the solution to anything, wouldn't there be evidence of that by now?
The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act would prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing data that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain.
"Profound irreparable harm flows from the Act's chilling of adults' access to protected sexual expression," the filing reads.
The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.