As a changing climate bakes and dries up the Colorado River, the seven basin states can’t agree on how to share the declining water resources.
Law & Justice
Posted inLaw and Justice
Live Nation Verdict Serves as a Warning
Companies thought they could get away with anything while Donald Trump was in office. But today they have a new problem: state attorneys general, and juries full of ordinary Americans.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Hole in the ‘Open-and-Shut’ Case Against Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin?
A new court filing suggests Tyler Robinson was in police custody hours before he ‘confessed’ to Discord buddies and ‘surrendered’ to a cop friend. Is he a patsy after all?
Posted inWorking in America
Trump’s NLRB Doesn’t Want to Investigate Worker Complaints
The agency tasked with protecting workers is making it harder for them to submit complaints and letting employers break the law.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Khan vs. Cutter: A Tale of Two Careers
It was the age of corruption, and maybe, it was also the age of integrity.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Hazing Still Kills College Students
A Washington state mother navigates tragedy, working alongside anti-hazing advocates to raise awareness about fraternity and other group initiation practices that can turn deadly.
Posted inBooks
Vertical Vertigo
Brian Callaci’s book describes the deregulatory strategies franchisors use to protect their profits.
Posted inBooks
The Legacy of the Subway Vigilante
Two new books reveal how a 1980s shooting reflected rising right-wing attitudes in a rapidly gentrifying New York.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
NEPA and Its Discontents
What’s missing from the political conversation around America’s embattled environmental law?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Who Wrote the 25th Amendment?
It turns out he’s still alive, and still teaching at Fordham Law. We had some questions about an amendment that wasn’t written to meet a moment like this.