Sep 30, 2020 | Economic Policy
Policy Summary Many workers opt for public sector jobs lured by generous pensions and other benefits such as healthcare and leave time. Private sector work may offer higher salaries and some benefits but they are much less likely to offer guaranteed defined benefit...
Sep 30, 2020 | Foreign Policy
Policy Summary: While not as omnipresent as it often has been, the issue of conflict with Iran should loom large in the context of the 2020 election. Indeed, it’s important to consider just how much more serious this issue has grown in the last four years. A central...
Sep 28, 2020 | Health & Gender
COVID-19’s Status in the US As the US struggles to manage the outbreak of coronavirus, the US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19. Reportedly, over 70,000 patients have been treated with the...
Sep 28, 2020 | Immigration
Policy Summary In Los Angeles a Federal Appeals Court ruled the Trump Administration acted lawfully in terminating the Temporary Protected Status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants. These protections have allowed immigrants to live and work in the US after fleeing...
Sep 28, 2020 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary: On September 18, 2020 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of eighty-seven. She had served on the Court as the second woman appointed to the Court since August 1993 after being appointed by then President William J. Clinton....
