How a Racist Home Loan Program Created a Climate Crisis
Two of the United States’ biggest challenges converge on urban heat islands.
Compassionate Release During COVID-19
Administrative and judicial processes offer those incarcerated in federal prisons a path home.
Colleges Confronting COVID-19
Higher education faces unique challenges in preventing and responding to the pandemic.
Rejecting the Trump Anticanon of Regulatory Mismanagement
The Biden memo on improving regulatory review reintroduces competent, bipartisan cost-benefit analysis.
Can Regulators Save Midwestern Beaches?
Historic water levels across the Great Lakes region present state regulators with significant challenges.
Pandemic Strengthens Calls for Indigenous Data Sovereignty
A federal bill that would expand data access for tribal health providers may not satisfy Native communities.
Hong Kong Moves West
Advocates urge U.S. government to create visa system for Hongkongers seeking to escape China’s tightening grip.
Highway to Better Health Care
Mobile clinics seek to address disparities in health care delivery by dismantling barriers for rural Americans.
Service Animals at 30,000 Feet
A federal rule finalized under the Trump Administration allows airlines to narrow the use of animals as a disability accommodation on flights.
In Air and Unmasked
CDC orders masks on domestic flights after airlines’ self-enforced mask mandates do not yield compliance.
Life in Plastic Is Not Fantastic
To save the seas from tiny plastics, a business leader proposes that plastics producers self-regulate.
When Courts Play God, Whose Religion Matters?
A religious freedom law invoked by conservative groups may also protect progressive causes.