Analysis

Rallying Around Paid Family Leave

Rallying Around Paid Family Leave

Stakeholders weigh in on a potential federal paid-leave program.

Time to Rescue the Rescue Dog Industry?

Time to Rescue the Rescue Dog Industry?

Rescue dog groups may be exacerbating the very problem they claim to address.

How a Racist Home Loan Program Created a Climate Crisis

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

Compassionate Release During COVID-19

Administrative and judicial processes offer those incarcerated in federal prisons a path home.

Community Land Trusts Get a California Makeover

Community Land Trusts Get a California Makeover

California laws may help community land trusts tackle a housing crisis and other issues.

Pandemic Strengthens Calls for Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Pandemic Strengthens Calls for Indigenous Data Sovereignty

A federal bill that would expand data access for tribal health providers may not satisfy Native communities.

Highway to Better Health Care

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

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.

Reducing COVID-19 Behind Bars

Reducing COVID-19 Behind Bars

Criminal justice experts warn that more needs to be done to mitigate coronavirus in U.S. jails and prisons.

How Will President Biden Address the Student Loan Crisis?

How Will President Biden Address the Student Loan Crisis?

Progressives call for Biden to take sweeping action to relieve student debt.

What Will Happen to DACA?

What Will Happen to DACA?

After the Supreme Court spares key immigration initiative, Dreamers may face their greatest threat yet.

How the Constitution Regulates Funding Religious Schools

How the Constitution Regulates Funding Religious Schools

A Supreme Court decision from last term allows states to subsidize student attendance at religious schools.