"War on cops"? 2015 was one of the safest years to be a police officer.
For much of 2015, Fox News and the New York Post decried a “war on cops,” specifically blaming the Black Lives Matter movement — and its criticisms of excessive use of force …
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The new anti-abortion laws states passed in 2015, mapped
States have enacted an unprecedented number of anti-abortion laws in the past five years, and 2015 continued that trend. According to a new report from the Center for Reproductive …
The biggest moments for LGBTQ rights in 2015
The past year was tremendous for LGBTQ people in America, from the full legalization of same-sex marriage to Caitlyn Jenner to some smaller victories in nondiscrimination laws. Given just …
Every presidential seventh year ranked, from Washington to Obama
As President Obama was about to begin his seventh year in office, he said he was entering the “fourth quarter.” Like him, other modern presidents who reach this point …
A higher smoking age, birth control without a doctor’s visit, and 5 other new state laws
A new year means new laws. And in 2016, if measures that take effect January 1 are anything to go by, life in conservative and liberal states will continue …