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Policing America
Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murder
Police officers who kill while doing their work are rarely charged with crimes, let alone convicted
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Police violence, race and protest in America
Will protesters in American cities bring progress, or set back the cause they champion?
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How to fix American policing
The country’s forces kill too many of those they serve. Here is how to change that
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St Louis mulls the promise and perils of aerial surveillance
And finds that citizens are increasingly sceptical of expansive police powers
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Vaccines and patents
How to think about vaccines and patents in a pandemic
Do public-health crises call for a departure from the rules?
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Mariana Mazzucato, Jayati Ghosh and Els Torreele on waiving covid patents
To control the pandemic, it is essential to suspend intellectual property rights on medical products related to covid-19
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Michelle McMurry-Heath on maintaining intellectual property amid covid-19
Patents are the reason that covid-19 vaccines exist. Waiving them would undermine our response to this pandemic and future health emergencies
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