Tag: laws
Once upon a time, a nation of laws
If only, as a nation, we could look beyond the tumultuous context of the current moment and imagine how to make our way to a safer, more sustainable future.
If not courts, juries and the rule of law, then what?
If America is battered, even demoted as a world power, then what?
How the Constitution fails to protect the environment
The absence of clear and broad constitutional authority to protect the environment limits the scope of federal environmental law.
Republican policies are killing Americans: Study
"If we don't have the proper regulations in place to protect people, then what happens is that they could be exploited."
Humanity is getting increasingly serious about enforcing animal rights protections all...
The scene was heart-crushing: 21 dogs, many sick, wounded and infected, on heavy chains or trapped in filthy kennels with no food...
There Oughta Be a Law…
We are living in a country where the solution to just about any social problem is to create a law against it, and then punish those who break it. Should prison really be the American Way?
Feds Created More Regulations in 2015 Than in Any Previous Year
We now live in a society that is ruled by so many laws, no single person can keep track of them all.
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Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals
An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
Governor Hochul to make New York center of nuclear revival in US
Governor Kathy Hochul has also become involved in promoting nuclear power nationally.
The rise of AI warfare: How autonomous weapons and cognitive warfare are reshaping global...
The future of warfare may be decided by AI, but will humans have a role to play?
Why the right really hates the Postal Service
It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.
Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US overdose deaths
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.