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Trump is Right to Push for Increased Access to Credit, Here’s a Better Direction

April 19, 2026 by Grady Stevens Access to Justice Banking and Finance

On January 9th, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, in the style of a public service announcement: “Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies…

Independent Agencies No More: A Path Forward for Workers’ Rights

April 19, 2026 by Nicky Downs Access to Justice Labor & Employment

Humphrey’s Executor v. United States established a central tenet of our modern administrative state: Independent agency leaders can be insulated from presidential control by for-cause removal protections.[1] Typically, the President can remove independent…

A World Cup for Me, Not for Thee

April 3, 2026 by Nicky Downs Access to Justice

Soccer’s Exorbitant Costs Soccer belongs to the people. But in the United States, it is hoarded by the wealthy. Like housing, healthcare, and groceries, American youth-soccer has become prohibitively expensive. It can run families as much as $10…

Forensic Trauma: How “Baby Doe” Prosecutions Target Low-Income Communities

April 3, 2026 by Deborah Wey Access to Justice Criminal Justice Family

Fetal mortality rates in the United States have been on an overall decline since the 1990s,[1] but data demonstrates that there is a stillbirth crisis across the nation.[2] Yale School of Medicine found that 20% of all pregnancies across the United States…

Free DC! Statehood as an Anti-Poverty Imperative

March 15, 2026 by Meredith Bartley Rights

With the second Trump Administration’s takeover of the District, including the surge of federal policing and the deployment of the National Guard,[1] the question of statehood has returned to the forefront. Often, these discussions center on democratic…

The Battle Over SNAP Benefits and its Aftermath

March 15, 2026 by Katie Lessmeier Food Security

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly food assistance—commonly referred to as food stamps—to low-income households, helping one in eight Americans buy groceries.[1] The program serves about 42 million Americans, with…

The Uncertain Future of the NLRB

January 19, 2026 by Ryan Haraden Labor & Employment

Worker protections are on the decline. While this might not be a surprise for those reading the news or for those with knowledge of the current political leanings of the federal executive and legislative branches, the extent, and speed, of which these…

Reconstructing the Great Equalizer

January 8, 2026 by Gabriela Gonzalez Education

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.[1] – Horace Mann  When the great educational reformer Horace Mann wrote these words, he echoed an…

It is Past Time to Invest in Children Again

January 8, 2026 by Mitchell Glover Education Family

When the United States federal government needed women’s labor during World War II, it publicly funded childcare upon the assertion, “[y]ou cannot have a contented mother working . . . if she is worrying about her children.”[1] Currently, in 2025…