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Here's how the so-called "Ferguson effect" could work.

Supreme Court rules Virginia lawmakers didn't have the right to appeal redistricting

The decision in Wittman v. Personhuballah means the court-drawn boundaries of a Virginia congressional district stand.

Sweden pays parents for having kids — and it reaps huge benefits. Why doesn't the US?

The universal child benefit is an idea whose time has come.

Single-payer health care is more popular than ever. Here are 10 questions for its future.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has started a political revolution: not enough of one to win the Democratic presidential nomination, but enough to put the dream of single-payer health care back on the national...

Do white people want merit-based admissions policies? Depends on who’s their competition.

Another example that meritocracy is a myth.

Oklahoma's governor just vetoed the bill that would have made abortion a felony

These kinds of laws keep getting struck down in court. State legislatures pass them anyway.

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A Colorado city is using marijuana tax revenue to combat homelessness

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Maryland has passed one of the nation’s strongest equal pay laws

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