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Back to SearchHow Secretary Buttigieg wants to make America’s roads safer
On this week’s episode of The Weeds, we sit down with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to talk about transportation policy in America. From su…
3 years, 1 month ago
Mifepristone and the FDA’s exhaustive approval process, explained
It’s been 10 days since a federal judge in Texas issued an unprecedented ruling that nullified the 2000 Food and Drug Administration approval of mife…
3 years, 2 months ago
How corporations got all your data
Sean Illing speaks with Matthew Jones, historian of science and technology, and co-author (with data scientist Chris Wiggins) of the new book How Dat…
3 years, 2 months ago
Do assault weapons bans work?
After the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville in late March, President Biden once again called for reinstating the federal assault weapons b…
3 years, 2 months ago
Medicaid’s “Great Unwinding”
On April 1, 2023, a Covid-era Medicaid policy called continuous enrollment will end. The policy allowed recipients to retain their benefits, even if …
3 years, 2 months ago
Why Illinois wants to end cash bail
This month, the Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case examining the Safe-T Act. The legislation would bring sweeping reform to the st…
3 years, 3 months ago
The debt ceiling drama
You’ve probably heard by now that President Joe Biden released his 2024 budget proposal. You’ve also probably heard that it has almost no chance of p…
3 years, 3 months ago
What East Palestine can tell us about the rail industry
On the evening of February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed outside of East Palestine, Ohio. The environmental imp…
3 years, 3 months ago
The most consequential immigration policy you’ve probably never heard of.
Almost 30 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act into law. This policy would have f…
3 years, 3 months ago
Will the Supreme Court ruin the internet?
On Tuesday, February 21, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that could dramatically change the way we use the internet. The cases are against two …
3 years, 4 months ago