America’s incarceration rate is in decline(theatlantic.com)

249 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 451 comments

Hitler's Greenland Obsession(theatlantic.com)

20 points by speckx 8 months ago | 5 comments

Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – early results aren’t encouraging(theatlantic.com)

407 points by slapshot 3 years ago | 943 comments

The Atlantic article by Jim Hinch examining the results of Oregon's decriminalization of hard drugs, which has not gone as planned.

Canada's Extremist Attack on Free Speech(theatlantic.com)

35 points by duringmath 2 years ago | 10 comments

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad(theatlantic.com)

31 points by layer8 1 year ago | 2 comments

McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class (2020)(theatlantic.com)

21 points by lifeisstillgood 1 year ago | 7 comments

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do(thewhyaxis.substack.com)

332 points by wahnfrieden 3 years ago | 135 comments

Substack post by Christopher Ingraham arguing that US police civil asset forfeiture seizures exceed the value of property stolen by burglars.

Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for security(minnesotareformer.com)

546 points by danso 3 years ago | 454 comments

Minnesota Reformer article reporting that Minneapolis small business owners feel pressured to hire off-duty MPD officers for security, as the city weighs challenging a 1997 injunction.

CDC data are disappearing(theatlantic.com)

614 points by doener 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Atlantic article by Katherine J. Wu reporting that the CDC has removed scientific data from public view, with more removals possibly to follow.

A lot of population numbers are fake(davidoks.blog)

362 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 295 comments

A blog post by David Oks arguing that many national population figures are unreliable or fabricated, questioning how well we know the world's population.

California is chasing wealth that has feet(blog.landeconomics.org)

251 points by idbnstra 1 month ago | 673 comments

A Progress and Poverty Substack post arguing that California should tax its $8.14 trillion in land value rather than pursue a one-time billionaire wealth tax.