What is a “Great Recession” if not a “Depression”?
The obvious term for the economy we are all suffering through has been carefully avoided, as if the dreaded “D-word” might create a panic. Yet that term has steadily caught on, if not in the popular media. Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman has taken to using it consistently, among others. But for many people, especially working families, the hardship
On the fourth anniversary of Citizens United, the system appears poised to become more askewed nationally, but reform could emerge at the state level.
This week saw the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission. The ruling reversed a lower court’s ruling that banned the airing and advertising of a film critical to then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on broadcast television. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 -- also
Results suggest that hallucinogens may promote alcohol and other drug abstinence and prosocial behavior in a population with high rates of recidivism.
Psychedelic drug use can help people stay out of prison, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Pharmacology by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Examining more than 25,000 people who have a history of drug use and were enrolled in Treatment
“Despite losing a 20-year legal battle and receiving a $9.5 billion judgment against it, Chevron says it will never pay.”
The nonprofit organization Amazon Watch on Monday released a satirical video to draw attention to the threats Chevron has made to environmentalists, journalists, scientists and locals who have asked for the company to be held accountable for its destructive actions, and the company’s attempts to criminalize environmental protests. Specifically,
The state has taken a simple approach to ending the problem: free housing.
Utah is the first state to implement a program that has reduced its statewide homeless rate by 78 percent, putting it on course to end the problem within two years. The original goal, as outlined in a 2008 state government report, was to end it by 2014, so as 2015 rings in another year, policymakers hope the problem will be done away with. Utah
The bill restores protections gutted by the court and ensures every citizen has equal opportunity to participate in democracy, Rep. Sensenbrenner said.
A bipartisan group of congressmen formally introduced a response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder last Thursday. That ruling effectively freed a number of states and communities with a history of racial discrimination from first seeking the Department of Justice’s approval prior to changing their voting laws. The
