R Street Institute28mOpinion
A New Frontier in Our Work: Keeping People Safer From Ham
Here at R Street, we’re always looking for pragmatic policy solutions that increase people’s freedoms to improve their lives.
R Street Institute28mOpinion
Why Marvel’s Recidivism Rate Is Lower than DC’s
In the debate over crime and punishment, policymakers often turn to academic literature, history, and data, overlooking an ...
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R Street Institute27mOpinion
R Street Institute Opposes Male Oral Contraceptive Pills
BREAKING: Following Dobbs v. Jackson, the United States saw a 10 percent increase in interest for new male contraceptives, and nearly half of surveyed men were interested in starting one within the ...
R Street Institute13hOpinion
Vote your conscience, pay the price: Georgia politics devolves into blood-sport
Elections have consequences, according to an old adage that is plainly aimed at urging people to vote for certain political ...
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R Street Institute13hOpinion
Virginia Gov. Vetoes AI Bias Bill, Citing Industry Impact
The veto of the Virginia AI bill comes on the heels of Texas state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a Republican, earlier this month introducing a revamped version of an AI bias bill that, in its original ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
Safer Solutions: Is It Time to Defund HIV Prevention?
One early casualty of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government was funding for USAID, a global ...
R Street Institute5dOpinion
Republicans in Congress show signs of their commitment to dismantling Biden-era rules
Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and House Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.) introduced ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
Parole and Furlough Improvements for Tennessee: Medical and Geriatric Release
The Tennessee Legislature has a golden opportunity to improve the parole system and better allocate criminal justice ...
R Street Institute3dOpinion
Constitution’s enemies misuse 1798 law to gut due process
SACRAMENTO—The Trump administration has for the fourth time in history invoked the war-time Alien Enemies Act of 1798 even ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
Low Energy Fridays: How the EPA’s Endangerment Finding Became Endangered
As discussed previously, the series of 31 deregulatory actions recently announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ...
R Street Institute3dOpinion
R Street Responds: DATA Whitepaper Unhelpful in Discerning Causes of Transmission Development Delays
Whitepaper: “Recent Experience with Competitive Transmission Projects and Solicitations,” DATA: Developers Advocating ...
R Street Institute5dOpinion
Foreign Money Paying for Litigation: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
If James Landis were alive today, he would roll over in his grave. Landis, a Harvard Law School dean and advisor to Franklin ...