Policy, culture, and environment create conditions that all too often permit such crimes — and by failing to address those conditions, advocates argue, we practically ensure that such atrocities will continue to happen.

We're days away from the final battle in our quest to find America's Most Toxic Car Ad...but that doesn't mean the submissions ever stopped rolling in. Let's take a look at three of the worst.

We're finishing out the semi-finals with another battle of the bad dads — and this one's a doozy.

We're down to the worst of the worst in our quest to find America's most toxic car ad — and it's time to talk about what to do about it. 

When most people think about "family values," they don't usually think about violent driver aggression — unless they've bought into American car culture, that is.  

We are being sold a bill of goods, four authors argue.

Toxic car ads are truly timeless...and that's not a good thing. 

Birmingham grabbed headlines this week for its visionary new transport plan that will restrict car travel and expand sustainable transportation access throughout every inch of the city. Unfortunately, not our Birmingham. But not that Birmingham.

We've seen a whole lot of toxic masculinity during this contest...but this one's for the #Ladies. 

Driverless cars do not exist. But we sure do have a lot of commercials for them!

We can't talk about toxic car ads without talking about all the ways that cars literally toxify our communities — and yes, that includes some of the relatively "greener" models, too.