An Unprecedented 22 Percent Drop in Drug Deaths Does Not Mean Prohibition Is Finally Working
During the year ending last August, according to preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Provides a Way to Avert Nuclear Catastrophe
Will the world ever be free of the menace of nuclear annihilation? There was a promising start along these lines during the late twentieth century, ...
Legal Weed Didn’t Deliver on Its Promises
Neither regulators nor police have attacked illegal production, promotion, and sale with sufficient vigor, perhaps because ...
Birthright Citizenship: A Nuanced Examination
Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a ...
At-home protests against wars abroad look different in Oak Ridge, where bombs are business
The other two production sites for the Manhattan Project – Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico – have numerous ...
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After Assad’s fall, Syrians search for lost loved ones – and a path forward
After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about St. Isidore, a Catholic school in Oklahoma, could redraw lines around church and state in educati…
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Oklahoma can open St. Isidore: an online Roman Catholic charter school named ...
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Guest Commentary: Why Sanctioning the ICC Would Be Terrible for Civil Liberties
As a U.S.-focused human rights and civil liberties organization, the ACLU takes no position on the ICC’s arrest warrants, but ...
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Trump and the Threat of Domestic Militarization
Mexico's experience with the militarization of prohibition and migration is defined by violence and displacement.
US ban on gun sales to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional, court rules
A decades-old U.S. government ban on federally licensed firearms dealers selling handguns to adults under the age of 21 is ...
New Jersey Globe23h
State could seek to pull Menendez pension, lifetime ban on public employment
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office is expected to seek a court order permanently barring former U.S. Senator Bob ...
Trump's TikTok Reprieve Won't Fix the Law's Free Speech Problems
President Donald Trump is on the right track regarding TikTok. The app should remain available in America. Unfortunately, ...