November 12, 2018
Reason, Baylen Linnekin, November 10, 2018- This week’s midterm elections, in case you missed the news, were the most important election of your lifetime. While the president, control of the House of Representatives, and Bigfoot erotica dominated national headlines during this ostensibly crucial election season, food-policy issues—my focus—were at the heart of several ballot measures and other …
October 31, 2018
The Hill, Avery Anapol, October 24, 2018- A federal court has ruled against the Trump administration in a lawsuit over funding for “sanctuary cities.” U.S. District Judge Richard Jones wrote in a Wednesday judgement that part of President Trump‘s executive order to end federal grant funding for sanctuary cities is unconstitutional. Jones, an …
October 24, 2018
Ars Technica, Jon Brodkin, October 23, 2018- The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules has received support from the Republican attorneys general of Texas, Arkansas, and Nebraska. The three states filed a brief Friday in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, urging judges to reject …
October 15, 2018
ABC 7 News, Diane Pathieu, October 12, 2018- The ongoing legal battle over so-called sanctuary cities is intensified , as lawyers for the City of Chicago filed another lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the city will file a new lawsuit Friday. This is all …
October 10, 2018
Millenial Politics, Deedra Abboud, October 8, 2018- Lack of consumer protections allows multinational service providers (internet & phone), with an unprecedented access to your personal information, to determine the market value of your personal freedoms. In 2007, Yahoo sold dissident subscriber identities to the Chinese government. In 2008, Vodafone ‘exchanged’ dissident identities for ‘country access’ in Egypt. …