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Are reparations the answer?
December 19, 2024
In 2021, the city of Evanston, Illinois, established a program to make reparations to Black residents for historic housing discrimination. The first phase of the…
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Lawfare Daily: Frictionless Government and Foreign Relations, with Ashley Deeks and Kristen Eichensehr
December 19, 2024
For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Ashley Deeks, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, and…
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Temp Agency or Tech Platform? Advocates Say Staffing Apps Are Skirting Laws, But Companies Say They’re Exempt
December 18, 2024
For years, the debate has raged over ride hailing apps Uber and Lyft — are they taxi companies or tech firms? The tech giants have…
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Erin Burnett Out Front
December 18, 2024
Laurence Tribe offers commentary on President elect Trump’s claims about the election, the press, and more.
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The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks
December 17, 2024
An article by Jonathan Zittrain: Jonathan Zittrain breaks ChatGPT: If you ask it a question for which my name is the answer, the chatbot goes…
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Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
December 17, 2024
The number of Black students entering Harvard Law School dropped sharply this fall after last year’s Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action in college admissions,…
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ABC’s Decision to Settle Trump’s Defamation Suit Makes Sense
December 17, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Donald Trump loves to sue people for defamation to scare them out of making negative statements about him. In a…
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Confused by ‘best by’ or ‘use by’ labels? The FDA wants your input to reduce food waste
December 17, 2024
The can of chickpeas in the pantry has a “best by” date that passed two weeks ago. The loaf of bread on the countertop boasts…
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Maine’s voter-approved limit on PAC contributions triggers lawsuit in federal court
December 16, 2024
A pair of conservative groups on Friday challenged a Maine law that limits donations to political action committees that spend independently in candidate elections, arguing…
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How Biden Should Spend His Final Weeks in Office
December 16, 2024
The days are dwindling to a precious few before President Biden relinquishes his tenancy at the White House to Donald Trump. Four years ago, in…
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Why Biden should pardon everyone on Trump’s enemies list
December 16, 2024
An article by Jay Michaelson: When President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter, most of the pundit class was outraged. Conservative commentators, of course, accused…
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Trump’s Choice to Run Energy Says Fossil Fuels Are Virtuous
December 13, 2024
Chris Wright, the fracking magnate and likely next U.S. energy secretary, makes a moral case for fossil fuels. His position, laid out in speeches and…
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Police investigating Utah mom-fluencer after online uproar over video she posted of her son
December 13, 2024
The Utah mom influencer behind the viral “17 diapers” trend is being investigated by police after an internet uproar over a video that appeared to…
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The Greater Boston Eviction Crisis Will Hurt You, Too
December 12, 2024
Morning light spilled over Boston as Noreli Vasquez unlocked the black front door of her brick walkup near Maverick Square in East Boston. Tired after…
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Tesla, Intel and the fecklessness of corporate boards
December 12, 2024
Sitting on the board of a large American company is at once the plummest and most thankless work in business. Plum because, when everything is…
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How Trump Will Lawfully Appoint Loyalists Without Senate Consent
December 12, 2024
An article by Jack Goldsmith: President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 10 tweet on the possibility of recess appointments for his nominees set off a flurry of…
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US Food Date Labels Are Broken. The Government Is Trying to Fix Them.
December 11, 2024
There’s a good chance that you or someone you know has trashed perfectly good food over confusion about date labels. Now, the US government is…
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Supreme Court showdown over Uinta Basin Railway puts environmental law in the crosshairs
December 10, 2024
A Colorado local government’s challenge to a controversial oil-by-rail project in eastern Utah has teed up the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court to take its biggest…