On Monday, the government legally had to begin accepting new DACA applications, but advocates, legal experts, and Senate Democrats worry that they are slow-walking processing of new applicants.
Law & Justice
Posted inLaw and Justice
Free Military Equipment: Parts Not Included
The federal government’s 1033 program masquerades as an operation aimed to support financially distressed local police. But in reality, it’s all about pumping dollars into Big Defense.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Mainstream Unions Shouldn’t Represent the Cops
Bargaining for the police and for African Americans is an exercise in self-negation.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Public Comment Battle to Save American Asylum
A new rule would greatly restrict asylum. Advocates are fighting back with public comments.
Posted inEducation in America
A Win for the Administrative Procedure Act
The government agreed to rescind its latest rules governing international student visas that would have banned students taking online classes from staying in the U.S.
Posted inEducation in America
Trump’s War on International Students
New ICE guidelines for international student visas may signal an administration desperate to shut out as many immigrants as possible before the clock runs out.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Government Gave Big Oil the Power to Prosecute Its Biggest Critic
A judge empowered a private law firm to criminally prosecute Chevron’s nemesis—and now the firm has admitted it worked directly for Chevron.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Did the Supreme Court Just Make Me a Minister?
Expanding the ministerial exception may give religious institutions license to discriminate.
Posted inTAP
Majority Rule? Not Yet, Fellow Americans
Today on TAP: The Electoral College threat to democracy
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Structural Violence of Municipal Hoarding
High-wealth communities segregate and protect their treasure from municipal redistribution.
