January 5, 2021 12:45 pm
By Aaron Parnas
Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater USA, and brother of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos, has come under fire recently for potentially lying to Congress. On April 30, 2019, Representative Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a criminal referral letter to the Department of Justice […]
September 25, 2020 6:48 am
By Adrienne Cobb
Author’s note: This piece is the result of many months of research, data collection, and analysis. Due to the intensive time requirement, the numbers contained within are accurate as of September 1, 2020. Since then, a vacancy has opened on the Supreme Court with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg […]
August 13, 2020 10:56 am
By Scott Stedman and Sophie Pierce
As COVID-19 quarantines began around the globe, seasoned sex workers and amateurs alike were left floundering and looking for new ways to earn a living. Many turned to a platform called OnlyFans, which allows content creators to sell nude pictures, videos, and homemade amateur pornographic films. Within months, OnlyFans exploded […]
June 25, 2020 11:00 am
By Sophie Pierce
Calls to defund police departments are being made in several states across the nation. There are debates over what the defunding of police would actually look like and concerns about the ramifications of such actions. Those who argue for the removal of funding advocate a redirection of those funds into […]
June 23, 2020 12:46 pm
By Alex Hulvalchick
In early May, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced new changes to Title IX, a federal civil rights law that protects students from discrimination based on their sex. The protection applies to all schools that receive federal funding which is a majority. As recent as 2017, guidelines have been put in […]
May 22, 2020 10:26 am
By Jess Coleman
Missed warnings & opportunities The Trump administration delayed a CDC warning about travel from Europe early in the pandemic… About 66,000 European travelers were streaming into American airports every day during the week-long delay. CDC officials say their agency’s efforts to mount a coordinated response to the Covid-19 pandemic have been hamstrung by […]
May 9, 2020 5:55 pm
By Robert J. DeNault
On Tuesday, May 12th, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear the following cases relating to investigations of President Donald Trump’s finances: Trump v. Deutsche Bank, A.G.: a case about the subpoena issued by the House Intelligence and Financial Services Committees to Trump’s biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, for […]
May 8, 2020 1:06 pm
By Robert J. DeNault
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the most consequential separation-of-powers case since President Nixon went to battle with Congress over the Watergate Tapes. The Court will meet via teleconference on the morning of May 12 to hear Trump v. Deutsche Bank A.G. and Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, […]