“Federal Funding Paused Amid Civil Rights Investigations at Cornell and Northwestern”
The Trump administration has paused more than $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell University and approximately $790 million to Northwestern University in connection with ongoing civil rights investigations related to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, according to administration officials. The funding freeze primarily affects grants and contracts …
“Strength In Numbers”
“Melissa Blasek details a recent legislative battle to kill a bad bill- for the second time! And she explains how it was easier to kill this time because of the doubling and tripling of efforts from all grassroots groups working together. She is joined by Carla Gericke of The Free …
“Judge orders Trump White House to restore AP access”
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore The Associated Press’s (AP) access to key White House press venues, ruling that the government violated the First Amendment by excluding AP reporters over the organization’s refusal to adopt the term “Gulf of America” in its style guide. U.S. District …
“There is No Solution to the Evil we Face”
I make evil problematical when I treat it as a kind of breakdown that might happen in a piece of machinery, or as something lacking, or as a functional failure. Evil reveals itself to me as, on the contrary, a mystery when I recognize that I cannot treat myself as …
“Watchdog Hits Cory Booker with Ethics Complaint”
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is facing an ethics complaint filed by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a nonpartisan watchdog group, following a high-profile 25-hour speech on the Senate floor. Booker delivered the extended speech in late March as part of a broader effort to draw attention to …