Jeff Sessions Wants to Scale Back on Civil Rights Lawsuits
Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to have the Department of Justice scale back on lawsuits against police departments…
Trump Meets With Health-Insurance Execs About Repealing Obamacare
On Monday, President Donald Trump met with health-insurance heads to discuss transitioning the nation away from the Affordable…
What Is a Think Tank? Who Is a Think Tank?
Until racial diversity in think tanks reaches critical mass, perhaps the simplest metric for improvement will be a…
Jeff Sessions Pledges to Crack Down on ‘Trend’ of Increasing Violent Crime
In his first major speech as head of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Jeff Sessions cautioned the National…
Thinking About Writing Literary Fiction?
Go for it. The time has never been better. By James McWilliams James Patterson at the Aol Build…
Philadelphia’s Soda Tax Is Reducing Consumption—and Maybe Jobs
Consumers are buying less soda thanks to taxes, but the long-term health and economic effects remain unclear. By…
The Department of Justice Just Changed Its Position on Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law
The DOJ is walking back years of effort aimed at limiting the harmful effects of state voter ID…
Was the First Song a Lullaby?
Two Harvard University researchers put forward an intriguing hypothesis. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Janko Ferlic/Getty Images) Why do…
DOJ Pulls Support From Case Against a Texas Voter ID Law
On Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reversed course on a contested voter ID law in Texas that…
U.S. Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a North Carolina case in which a convicted…