Biden Still Hasn’t Appointed Anyone to Clean Up America’s Toxic Coal Crisis

There’s been some progress. Interior announced the appointment of Deputy Principal Director Sharon Buccino earlier this month. Proposed rules, first released by OSMRE last spring, would restore authorities the previous administration stripped away. A long-held strength of OSMRE enforcement had been citizens’ Continue reading Biden Still Hasn’t Appointed Anyone to Clean Up America’s Toxic Coal Crisis

How Corporate America’s Obsession With Creativity Wrecked the World and Brought Us Elon Musk

“and everyone is at least potentially creative, how come inequality is compounding along the same old lines of race and class? And considering how many of our modern problems come from having too much new stuff too quickly, what reason Continue reading How Corporate America’s Obsession With Creativity Wrecked the World and Brought Us Elon Musk

America’s Most Corrupt Mayors Have a Friend in the Supreme Court

Indeed, if there’s one area of the law where the justices appear to be in ideological lockstep, it’s in making it harder for federal prosecutors to bring corruption charges against public officials and their private backers. Just last term, the Continue reading America’s Most Corrupt Mayors Have a Friend in the Supreme Court

Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?

Six years later, in Powell v. Texas, the high court upheld a state law that criminalized public intoxication. In that case, a plurality of justices reasoned that while Robinson’s ruling was still valid, the Texas law did not run afoul Continue reading Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?

The Surprising Argument That Could Save America’s Consumer Watchdog Agency

“No, because I think that Congress itself has specified that the director is limited to the amount that’s reasonably necessary to carry out federal consumer financial law,” Prelogar explained. “But, if the president determined it was reasonably necessary to take Continue reading The Surprising Argument That Could Save America’s Consumer Watchdog Agency

Trump–Fox “Feud”? Please. America’s Pravda Will Back Him All the Way.

Donald Trump has been whining about Fox News lately. The former president is upset because the network has been using what he deems to be unflattering photographs of him and has apparently refused to show the numerous polls in which Continue reading Trump–Fox “Feud”? Please. America’s Pravda
Will Back Him All the Way.

How the Shakurs Became One of America’s Most Influential Families

“I am a black revolutionary,” Assata Shakur wrote, “and as such I am the victim of all the wrath, hatred and slander that amerikkka is capable of.” The experience confirmed Assata’s decision to part ways with the party, and she Continue reading How the Shakurs Became One of America’s Most Influential Families