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Trump’s executive order does little more than offer a tax cut to an industry that profits from addiction.
Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty The Other Reason Americans Don’t Use Mass Transit
People will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them.
Peter Funch / Connected Archives How to Prevent Random Violence
A murder on Charlotte’s light-rail was the culmination of years of failure.
Chris Carlson / AP Trump Is Right That D.C. Has a Serious Crime Problem
But he has the wrong answer for how to fix it.
Andrew Leyden / Getty Americans Want to Be Rich
That simple aspiration propelled Trump into office, but it is now threatened by his tariffs.
Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Sources: Wicki58 / Getty; Nerthuz / Getty. New York City Has Lost Control of Crime
A gruesome murder on the subway shows just how far things have spiraled.
Kyle Mazza / Anadolu / Getty Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake
The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives.
Illustration by The Atlantic; Sources: Shutterstock; Getty. The Most Effective Way to Reduce Hate Crimes
The regular mechanisms of the criminal-justice system can also be used to combat abhorrent acts.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. We’re Underfunding the Police
Improving our criminal-justice system means spending the requisite money to address America’s horrific and long-standing problem with criminal violence.
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