Under Trump, it’s open season on health, safety, labor, financial, and environmental measures—that protect people who voted for him.
Rena Steinzor
Rena Steinzor is a professor at the University of Maryland Carey Law School and was president of the Center for Progressive Reform. She is the author of Why Not Jail? Industrial Catastrophes, Corporate Malfeasance, and Government Inaction.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Banks Are Even Worse
Storefront payday lenders and check-cashers are all that tens of millions of Americans have.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Putting the REINS on Regulation
In a drastic power grab, the House has approved a measure that would strip executive agencies of the authority to issue significant new regulations.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Beware Compounded Drugs — Especially Under Trump’s FDA
A burgeoning and little-regulated private industry that specially mixes drugs at so-called compounding pharmacies poses a public-health hazard that the Trump administration is about to make a whole lot worse.
