What do Barack Obama and a five-time bank robber have in common? They both passed the Character and Fitness test to become lawyers. To verify their moral character as part of the Bar Exam, law school graduates must complete a 36-page questionnaire ab...
Picture a field peppered with wildflowers, tall grass swaying in the wind. A picnic blanket cradles plates of fresh fruit while friends frolic nearby. They collapse on the ground, exhausted but elated, savoring the joy of existing alongside one anoth...
Internment camps; raids in schools, hospitals, and churches; and a “small army” of private citizens—efforts are underway to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations of undocumented residents with the goal of remo...
The rising cost of healthcare in the United States is old news, with spending projected to increase over five percent annually until 2026. A new Trump Administration directive is taking a step towards combating this trend: As of January 1, 2019, the ...
The rising cost of healthcare in the United States is old news, with spending projected to increase over five percent annually until 2026. A new Trump Administration directive is taking a step towards combating this trend: As of January 1, 2019, the ...
On average, Americans spend ten hours staring at a screen every day. The incorporation of internet use into everyday life has become so ubiquitous that the inability to get online can have massive repercussions. Nicol Turner Lee of Brookings summar...
On average, Americans spend ten hours staring at a screen every day. The incorporation of internet use into everyday life has become so ubiquitous that the inability to get online can have massive repercussions. Nicol Turner Lee of Brookings summar...
In the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 Presidential primary, candidate Andrew Yang is certainly a long shot. He has no name recognition, and his main policy of universal basic income is not likely to make headlines. But in his self-proclaimed ...
In the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 Presidential primary, candidate Andrew Yang is certainly a long shot. He has no name recognition, and his main policy of universal basic income is not likely to make headlines. But in his self-proclaimed ...
The American vote is broken. The solution may not be to bring the people to the polls, but rather to bring the polls to the people by allowing them to vote at home. The 2018 election cycle revealed that weaknesses continue to exist in our current ele...
The American vote is broken. The solution may not be to bring the people to the polls, but rather to bring the polls to the people by allowing them to vote at home. The 2018 election cycle revealed that weaknesses continue to exist in our current ele...
Heavily guarded by steel-anchored concrete walls, the American embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, symbolizes a striking ground reality of an endless war: American troops and policymakers protect themselves from the very people they ventured o...
Heavily guarded by steel-anchored concrete walls, the American embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, symbolizes a striking ground reality of an endless war: American troops and policymakers protect themselves from the very people they ventured o...
The Michael Cohen testimony this month brought yet another round of commentary and speculation about the fate of the Trump presidency. Calls for impeachment, though, were largely dismissed by Democratic party leaders, who prefer to wait until the det...
The Michael Cohen testimony this month brought yet another round of commentary and speculation about the fate of the Trump presidency. Calls for impeachment, though, were largely dismissed by Democratic party leaders, who prefer to wait until the det...
Predictive policing, a practice carried out by tools like CrimeScan and PredPol, uses algorithmic systems to predict geographic areas that are most likely to have patterns of criminal behaviors based on data of previous reports of crimes, frequency o...
Predictive policing, a practice carried out by tools like CrimeScan and PredPol, uses algorithmic systems to predict geographic areas that are most likely to have patterns of criminal behaviors based on data of previous reports of crimes, frequency o...
New York is the fourth largest state in the nation with approximately 20 million residents spread throughout the state. 43% of New Yorkers live in New York City, and 51,000 of the 20 million New York state residents are currently incarcerated by the ...
New York is the fourth largest state in the nation with approximately 20 million residents spread throughout the state. 43% of New Yorkers live in New York City, and 51,000 of the 20 million New York state residents are currently incarcerated by the ...
The historic number of women and people of color, most of whom were Democrats, elected to Congress was one of the biggest stories to come out of the 2018 midterms. Two of the most high profile candidates, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Ayanna P...
The historic number of women and people of color, most of whom were Democrats, elected to Congress was one of the biggest stories to come out of the 2018 midterms. Two of the most high profile candidates, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Ayanna P...
On December 18, 2018, Congress passed the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Each Person Act. As the acronym would suggest, the FIRST STEP Act is seen as the first stepping stone towards more comprehensive reforms ...
On December 18, 2018, Congress passed the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Each Person Act. As the acronym would suggest, the FIRST STEP Act is seen as the first stepping stone towards more comprehensive reforms ...
“You have the right to remain silent… You have the right to an attorney… If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you at no cost to you.” It’s an iconic movie line. Away from the big screen, however, many people don’t r...
“You have the right to remain silent… You have the right to an attorney… If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you at no cost to you.” It’s an iconic movie line. Away from the big screen, however, many people don’t r...
A gun-toting, foul-mouthed, lethal-force-authorized U.S. Border Patrol, a President who’s rally cry is fear-mongering xenophobia, a plan for a $5 billion, thirty foot tall border wall, and a 16-year-old boy who died as U.S. Customs and Border P...
A gun-toting, foul-mouthed, lethal-force-authorized U.S. Border Patrol, a President who’s rally cry is fear-mongering xenophobia, a plan for a $5 billion, thirty foot tall border wall, and a 16-year-old boy who died as U.S. Customs and Border P...