Legislation

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What Are Nitazenes—and Why They Scare Experts More Than Fentanyl Health

What Are Nitazenes—and Why They Scare Experts More Than Fentanyl

Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids first created in the 1950s that can be up to 40 times more potent than fentanyl. Never approved for medical...

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How FISA Section 702 Surveillance Works Technology

How FISA Section 702 Surveillance Works

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows US intelligence agencies to collect foreign nationals' electronic communications witho...

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How Glacier Protection Laws Work—and Why They Matter Science

How Glacier Protection Laws Work—and Why They Matter

Glaciers store about 75% of Earth's freshwater and supply water to nearly two billion people. A small but growing number of countries have passed laws...

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How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Work—and Why Drug Prices Rise Health

How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Work—and Why Drug Prices Rise

Pharmacy benefit managers negotiate drug prices for 275 million Americans, yet critics say their opaque rebate and spread-pricing practices help drive...

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How Fishing Quotas Are Set—and Why They Often Fail Science

How Fishing Quotas Are Set—and Why They Often Fail

Fishing quotas are meant to prevent overfishing, but the process that turns scientific advice into catch limits is riddled with political compromise....

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How the US Postal Service Works—and Why It's Broke Economy

How the US Postal Service Works—and Why It's Broke

The USPS delivers to 167 million addresses daily without tax funding. Here's how its unique business model works, why mail volume collapse and mandato...

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How Airport Slots Work—and Why They Cost Millions Economy

How Airport Slots Work—and Why They Cost Millions

Airport slots are landing and takeoff rights at congested airports, allocated through a global system of grandfather rights, use-it-or-lose-it rules,...

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How Courts Treat Social Media as a Defective Product Technology

How Courts Treat Social Media as a Defective Product

A legal revolution is underway as courts apply traditional product liability law to social media platforms, treating addictive design features like in...

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How Iraq's Muhasasa Power-Sharing System Works Economy

How Iraq's Muhasasa Power-Sharing System Works

Iraq divides its top government posts along ethnic and sectarian lines through an informal system called Muhasasa. Here's how it works, why it was cre...

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How the US Cuba Embargo Works—and Why It Persists Economy

How the US Cuba Embargo Works—and Why It Persists

The US embargo on Cuba is the longest trade embargo in modern history, spanning over six decades. Here's how it works, why Congress locked it into law...

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How Hungary's Electoral System Works—and Why It Matters Economy

How Hungary's Electoral System Works—and Why It Matters

Hungary uses a unique mixed-member majoritarian system that combines single-member districts with proportional party lists. Its unusual 'winner compen...

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Why Home Distilling Is Illegal—and How That May Change Economy

Why Home Distilling Is Illegal—and How That May Change

Home brewing beer and wine is legal across the United States, but distilling spirits at home remains a federal felony. Here's why the ban exists, how...

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