Primary

The parent category for sub-categories designated as an essay’s, “primary” category. DO NOT classify an essay as existing in this category, DO designate the essay with only one of the sub-categories AND the matching category at the root level of categories. This will allow us to display only the primary category for the story on essay’s synopsis while continuing to show it on other category pages.

Are Confederate Monuments Set in Stone?

Are Confederate Monuments Set in Stone?

Historic preservation laws can hinder the removal of Confederate statues.

Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice?

Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice?

Critics argue that the Trump Administration rule to protect suburbs will negatively impact fair housing.

Thinking Harder and Smarter About Wildland Fire

Thinking Harder and Smarter About Wildland Fire

As millions of acres burn along the West Coast, the United States must improve the way it manages forest fires.

FDA and the Importation of Prescription Drugs

FDA and the Importation of Prescription Drugs

Scholars evaluate a recent FDA rule that creates an importation program for Canadian prescription drugs.

Relieving the Grieving

Relieving the Grieving

President Trump should allow the federal government to help Americans facing the funeral costs of COVID-19 victims.

Broken Landscapes, Brown Beauty

Broken Landscapes, Brown Beauty

Law students, lawyers, and academics need to reflect on efforts to make legal academia more inclusive.

The Biden Administration Should Abandon the Case Against Google

The Biden Administration Should Abandon the Case Against Google

Government antitrust actions do not work in a high-technology market in which big businesses prove more efficient.

Diversity and Exclusion Within Legal Education

Diversity and Exclusion Within Legal Education

Empirical data suggest that law schools must do more to promote inclusion, not just diversity.

Unlocking Psychedelics’ Medical Potential

Unlocking Psychedelics’ Medical Potential

Scholars critique the regulation of psychedelic substances and propose reforms for medical research and use.

Pennsylvania’s Misguided Sentencing Risk-Assessment Reform

Pennsylvania’s Misguided Sentencing Risk-Assessment Reform

New risk-forecasting tool reinforces racial disparities and emphasizes future risk in criminal sentencing.

Climate Change Is a Systemic Financial Risk

Climate Change Is a Systemic Financial Risk

Corporate counsel should heed regulators’ warnings that climate change is a risk to the financial industry.

A CBO for Racial Inequality?

A CBO for Racial Inequality?

A new oversight agency should monitor the Federal Reserve’s efforts to reduce racial inequality.