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Advocates Protest Elimination of DC’s Voucher System

Education advocates, policy makers and parents alike are criticizing the failure of Congress and the Obama Administration to ensure the continuation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, a federally funded school voucher system in the Distric...   read more

Obama Transparency Report Card: Good, But Not Great

To help hold President Barack Obama to his pledge of creating a “new era of openness” in government, the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law has released a report card that grades how transparent the administration ...   read more

Can Solar Power Hurt the Environment?

An unusual clash has developed in the environmental movement between forces that are usually allied: advocates of renewable energy and supporters of wildlife habitats. In response to the Bureau of Land Management’s recently approved, large-scale s...   read more

Texans Sue Homeland Security over Biodefense Facility Selection

When it comes to hosting the latest in bioterror defense, don’t mess with Texas. A coalition of nonprofit and business groups calling itself the Texas Biological and Agro-Defense Consortium has filed a lawsuit to stop the Department of Homeland Se...   read more

Government Regulatory Prosecutions at 9-Year Low

The current decade has not been a good one when it comes to the government cracking down on a wide range of illegal activities. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, prosecutions by the Justice Department are down since Janu...   read more

Decriminalizing All Drugs: The Case of Portugal

When Portugal decided in 2001 to become the first nation in Europe to eliminate criminal penalties for possession of all drugs, from marijuana to heroin, critics warned that the decision would result in “drug tourists” flocking to the conservative...   read more

Bipartisan Bill to Help Undocumented Students Attend College

In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that undocumented students can legally attend K-12 public schools. However, the decision did not address public education beyond high school. And in today’s labor market, those with a college degree usually earn a ...   read more

Census Debate: Where Do Prisoners Live?

For some politicians, the inclusion of inmates in local populations as part of the U.S. Census means everything. State Senator Elizabeth O’C. Little’s (R-NY) district in upstate New York is known as “Little Siberia” because of its vast physical si...   read more

Supreme Court Enters 20th Century; 21st Will Have to Wait

The longstanding debate over allowing cameras inside the U.S. Supreme Court was renewed recently at a House appropriations subcommittee hearing, where Justices Stephen Breyer and Clarence Thomas appeared before lawmakers to discuss the court’s nex...   read more

China’s Nuclear Test Survivors Break Silence

The secrets of China’s nuclear weapons testing are being revealed now that many army veterans are speaking out about the dangerous work they were ordered to perform during the Cold War. Operating in the remote Gobi desert, a special military detac...   read more

Medical Marijuana Test Case Pits U.S. Attorney Against Holder’s Stated Policy

Attorney General Eric Holder’s new policy to not go after medical marijuana operations operating within state law is already being tested by the case of Charles C. Lynch. Operator of a small medical marijuana dispensary in the California coastal t...   read more

Jackie Chan Says Democracy is Chaotic

Action film star Jackie Chan has angered many of his fans with his comments about Chinese democracy at a business forum for state officials, scholars and businessmen: “If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Ta...   read more

Sioux Tribe Okays Use of Nickname by University of North Dakota

Officials at the University of North Dakota (UND) are proud of their school’s nickname: the Fighting Sioux. But many local members of the Sioux Nation are not thrilled with it, and the university has only one more year, according to a legal settle...   read more

NHTSA Stops Volvo from Introducing Advanced Child Car Seats

On April 16 Volvo announced its launch of three new child seats that offer a wider range of protection for children up to the age of ten, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has banned the sale of these child seats in th...   read more

Dozens of CIA Prisoners Still Missing

Once the Washington Post blew the cover off the Bush administration’s secret rendition program in November 2005, the CIA began closing up that operation by turning detainees over to other governments or shipping them to Guantánamo Bay. At the time...   read more

Bayer Tried to Hide Details of Explosion that Killed Two

Residents of Institute, West Virginia, were fortunate they did not become the next Bhopal when an explosion occurred last August at a Bayer chemical plant containing large quantities of the same chemical that killed thousands in India in 1984. A ...   read more
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Controversies

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Advocates Protest Elimination of DC’s Voucher System

Education advocates, policy makers and parents alike are criticizing the failure of Congress and the Obama Administration to ensure the continuation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, a federally funded school voucher system in the Distric...   read more

Obama Transparency Report Card: Good, But Not Great

To help hold President Barack Obama to his pledge of creating a “new era of openness” in government, the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law has released a report card that grades how transparent the administration ...   read more

Can Solar Power Hurt the Environment?

An unusual clash has developed in the environmental movement between forces that are usually allied: advocates of renewable energy and supporters of wildlife habitats. In response to the Bureau of Land Management’s recently approved, large-scale s...   read more

Texans Sue Homeland Security over Biodefense Facility Selection

When it comes to hosting the latest in bioterror defense, don’t mess with Texas. A coalition of nonprofit and business groups calling itself the Texas Biological and Agro-Defense Consortium has filed a lawsuit to stop the Department of Homeland Se...   read more

Government Regulatory Prosecutions at 9-Year Low

The current decade has not been a good one when it comes to the government cracking down on a wide range of illegal activities. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, prosecutions by the Justice Department are down since Janu...   read more

Decriminalizing All Drugs: The Case of Portugal

When Portugal decided in 2001 to become the first nation in Europe to eliminate criminal penalties for possession of all drugs, from marijuana to heroin, critics warned that the decision would result in “drug tourists” flocking to the conservative...   read more

Bipartisan Bill to Help Undocumented Students Attend College

In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that undocumented students can legally attend K-12 public schools. However, the decision did not address public education beyond high school. And in today’s labor market, those with a college degree usually earn a ...   read more

Census Debate: Where Do Prisoners Live?

For some politicians, the inclusion of inmates in local populations as part of the U.S. Census means everything. State Senator Elizabeth O’C. Little’s (R-NY) district in upstate New York is known as “Little Siberia” because of its vast physical si...   read more

Supreme Court Enters 20th Century; 21st Will Have to Wait

The longstanding debate over allowing cameras inside the U.S. Supreme Court was renewed recently at a House appropriations subcommittee hearing, where Justices Stephen Breyer and Clarence Thomas appeared before lawmakers to discuss the court’s nex...   read more

China’s Nuclear Test Survivors Break Silence

The secrets of China’s nuclear weapons testing are being revealed now that many army veterans are speaking out about the dangerous work they were ordered to perform during the Cold War. Operating in the remote Gobi desert, a special military detac...   read more

Medical Marijuana Test Case Pits U.S. Attorney Against Holder’s Stated Policy

Attorney General Eric Holder’s new policy to not go after medical marijuana operations operating within state law is already being tested by the case of Charles C. Lynch. Operator of a small medical marijuana dispensary in the California coastal t...   read more

Jackie Chan Says Democracy is Chaotic

Action film star Jackie Chan has angered many of his fans with his comments about Chinese democracy at a business forum for state officials, scholars and businessmen: “If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Ta...   read more

Sioux Tribe Okays Use of Nickname by University of North Dakota

Officials at the University of North Dakota (UND) are proud of their school’s nickname: the Fighting Sioux. But many local members of the Sioux Nation are not thrilled with it, and the university has only one more year, according to a legal settle...   read more

NHTSA Stops Volvo from Introducing Advanced Child Car Seats

On April 16 Volvo announced its launch of three new child seats that offer a wider range of protection for children up to the age of ten, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has banned the sale of these child seats in th...   read more

Dozens of CIA Prisoners Still Missing

Once the Washington Post blew the cover off the Bush administration’s secret rendition program in November 2005, the CIA began closing up that operation by turning detainees over to other governments or shipping them to Guantánamo Bay. At the time...   read more

Bayer Tried to Hide Details of Explosion that Killed Two

Residents of Institute, West Virginia, were fortunate they did not become the next Bhopal when an explosion occurred last August at a Bayer chemical plant containing large quantities of the same chemical that killed thousands in India in 1984. A ...   read more
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