Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
Picture this: After years of waiting for your immigration hearing, you finally step into the courtroom. You take your seat, ready to share your story—and then realize you cannot understand anything that is happening. The interpreter’s voice is mu...
Since his name entered contention as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz mania has swept the Democratic Party. One CBS poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters were enthusiastic about the pick, while another 35 percent were...
Should the Confrontation Clause limit the admissibility of children’s statements to mandatory child abuse reporters? Richard Friedman (University of Michigan Law School) and Thomas Lyon (USC Gould School of Law) will discuss alternative perspec...
Should the Confrontation Clause limit the admissibility of children’s statements to mandatory child abuse reporters? Richard Friedman (University of Michigan Law School) and Thomas Lyon (USC Gould School of Law) will discuss alternative perspec...
March 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s flagship policy and potentially his enduring legislative legacy. Following the 2012 ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius, proponents of the ACA for the most part believed t...
March 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s flagship policy and potentially his enduring legislative legacy. Following the 2012 ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius, proponents of the ACA for the most part believed t...
Derek West Harris was an easygoing, chatty barber who went by D-Nice. In 2009, Harris was arrested for failing to register his new car and had to pay $700 worth of traffic tickets. More unusual was that Harris was also sent to a New Jersey halfway ...
Derek West Harris was an easygoing, chatty barber who went by D-Nice. In 2009, Harris was arrested for failing to register his new car and had to pay $700 worth of traffic tickets. More unusual was that Harris was also sent to a New Jersey halfway ...
It’s been a little over a year since Rhode Island’s “Ban the Box” law went into effect, making it the sixth state in the country to remove information about criminal history from private job applications. While this law was an important step ...
It’s been a little over a year since Rhode Island’s “Ban the Box” law went into effect, making it the sixth state in the country to remove information about criminal history from private job applications. While this law was an important step ...
Having déjà vu? The Affordable Care Act is once again facing a significant challenge in the Supreme Court this week. The piece of legislation, which has become so much the hallmark of the Obama administration that it is more commonly known as Obama...
Having déjà vu? The Affordable Care Act is once again facing a significant challenge in the Supreme Court this week. The piece of legislation, which has become so much the hallmark of the Obama administration that it is more commonly known as Obama...
When you place a pod of ready-to-brew coffee into one of Keurig’s squat, iconic machines and press the ‘go’ button, you can be sure of a steaming cup in seconds. Or at least, you could’ve been before June of last year. Early in the summer of ...
When you place a pod of ready-to-brew coffee into one of Keurig’s squat, iconic machines and press the ‘go’ button, you can be sure of a steaming cup in seconds. Or at least, you could’ve been before June of last year. Early in the summer of ...
The prison-industrial complex (PIC), as defined by Critical Resistance, refers to the vast networks of institutions and systems that promote “the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as ...
The prison-industrial complex (PIC), as defined by Critical Resistance, refers to the vast networks of institutions and systems that promote “the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as ...
On January 26, the Supreme Court received a petition to hear Friedrichs vs. California Teacher’s Association. Although the case is yet to be accepted by the Court and any possible ruling is at least a year away, SCOTUS-watchers are nonetheless on t...
On January 26, the Supreme Court received a petition to hear Friedrichs vs. California Teacher’s Association. Although the case is yet to be accepted by the Court and any possible ruling is at least a year away, SCOTUS-watchers are nonetheless on t...
Paul Gosar, a Republican congressman from Arizona, recently got into trouble for calling Native American tribes “wards of the federal government.” He made the remarks during a town hall meeting concerning a provision of the 2015 Defense Authoriza...
Paul Gosar, a Republican congressman from Arizona, recently got into trouble for calling Native American tribes “wards of the federal government.” He made the remarks during a town hall meeting concerning a provision of the 2015 Defense Authoriza...
On September 22, 2001, President Bush announced that the 9/11 terrorist attacks had “awakened the United States to danger, and called it to defend freedom.” The al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, which brought down New York City’s Twin Towers, p...
On September 22, 2001, President Bush announced that the 9/11 terrorist attacks had “awakened the United States to danger, and called it to defend freedom.” The al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, which brought down New York City’s Twin Towers, p...
It seems relatively straightforward: Four black Muslims in Newburgh, NY, known as the “Newburgh Four,” team up with Shahed Hussain, who claims to be a member of al-Qaeda, and plot to bomb synagogues in the Bronx and shoot Stinger missiles at mili...
It seems relatively straightforward: Four black Muslims in Newburgh, NY, known as the “Newburgh Four,” team up with Shahed Hussain, who claims to be a member of al-Qaeda, and plot to bomb synagogues in the Bronx and shoot Stinger missiles at mili...
In the decades since the “Militia Movement” first rose to prominence in the ’90s, the movement has received even fewer minutes of primetime coverage. Yet, the groups’ threat has not dissipated with the passage time. In fact, some would argue ...
In the decades since the “Militia Movement” first rose to prominence in the ’90s, the movement has received even fewer minutes of primetime coverage. Yet, the groups’ threat has not dissipated with the passage time. In fact, some would argue ...