public policy

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, the Wang Fuk Court fire, was attributed to a 'systemic failure' in public policy, including inadequate strategies for high-rise building fires and prolonged use of combustible materials in temporary works. Fire engineering experts testified that flames spread rapidly up building facades, exceeding 10 meters per minute.

Robert Coles, a Pulitzer-winning psychiatrist who shaped public policy, died at 97. He spent his career documenting the impact of social and political unrest, especially on the young, after encountering civil rights emblem Ruby Bridges.

A Midwest city has spent $18,000 in taxpayer funds to remove neighborhood watch signs after lawmakers labeled them racist. The action follows political pressure to address perceived racial bias in community safety initiatives.