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The Week That Was: Global News in Review (Foreign Policy Brief #225)

European troops have begun arriving in Greenland last week in a show of support to Denmark, as leaders attempt to respond to President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland.

Impacts of the Expiration of the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (also known as Obamacare) was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The ACA aimed to make healthcare more affordable to more people, expand Medicaid to individuals with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level, and for private health insurance, prohibit insurers from denying coverage due to preexisting health conditions and from denying coverage to people.

ICE and excessive use of force

Earlier this month, the state of Minnesota made national and international headlines when Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen, Renee Nicole Good, was fatally shot by an ICE officer while attempting to leave an area she was overseeing as a legal observer.

Watching their home go up in smoke: the indigenous of the Amazon ( Environment Policy Brief #187)

The Amazon rainforest is rapidly degrading. The ecological functions of the rainforest such as absorbing greenhouse gases and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere are diminishing as the size of the rainforest shrinks. Global precipitation patterns depend upon the Amazon’s unique location on the planet. The diversity of plant life in the Amazon constitutes about a quarter of the globe’s stock of carbon biomass. There are 80,000 species of plants.

Misogyny and Abuse Are Thriving Online (Technology Policy Brief #162)

Two new reports document the alarming rise of online violence against women and girls. Sex trafficking, sexualized images, and stalking and exploitation online are nothing new.  But Artificial Intelligence has exacerbated the problem.  Deepfakes almost exclusively target women; in fact, some of the technology used to create them, developed by mostly male teams, only works on female forms.

FTC Escalates Enforcement Against Algorithmic Discrimination in Hiring and Credit Systems (Technology Policy Brief #162)

In 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) signaled that it would use existing federal law to address algorithmic discrimination in automated decision-making services regarding hiring, lending, and tenant screening. Some tech companies argue that the FTC is overreaching in the absence of explicit AI laws. The FTC’s push highlights how federal agencies are reshaping AI governance on a case-by-case basis rather than implementing broad new laws.

2026 Democratic Primary Preview Series: Connecticut (Brief #5)

Connecticut, known as the Constitution State, will feature five U.S. House races in 2026, with no U.S. Senate contests on the ballot. Both of the state’s U.S. Senators, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, are midway through their six-year terms, having last been elected in 2022 and 2024, respectively.

USRESIST 2026 Democratic Primary Preview Series Brief #6: Colorado

There are ten congressional seats up for the 2026 election in Colorado. All of the state’s eight U.S. House of Representatives seats and one U.S. Senate seat. The Democratic Party currently holds four of the eight House seats and both U.S. Senate seats in a state that has trended Democratic of late.

The Week That Was: Global News in Review (Foreign Policy Brief #225)

European troops have begun arriving in Greenland last week in a show of support to Denmark, as leaders attempt to respond to President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland.

Watching their home go up in smoke: the indigenous of the Amazon ( Environment Policy Brief #187)

The Amazon rainforest is rapidly degrading. The ecological functions of the rainforest such as absorbing greenhouse gases and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere are diminishing as the size of the rainforest shrinks. Global precipitation patterns depend upon the Amazon’s unique location on the planet. The diversity of plant life in the Amazon constitutes about a quarter of the globe’s stock of carbon biomass. There are 80,000 species of plants.

Montana Youth Return to Court to Block Laws Weakening Climate Protections (Environment Policy Brief #186)

Environment Policy Brief #186 | Jason Collins | December 30, 2025  Summary A group of young...

The Final Bill: The Economics, Ethics, and Ecology of American Death Care

Economic Policy Brief #91 | Inijah Quadri | December 26, 2025 Policy Issue Summary Death in the...
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Dec 17 2025

An Analysis of the California – Texas Re-Districting Fight (Civil Rights Brief #249)

After the State of Texas’ approval of a re – drawn state congressional map that would be used in 2026 to give them five more likely Republican districts,...
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Oct 10 2025

Can The Government Prosecute Protesters For Their Speech? (Civil Rights Policy Brief #248)

During a small outing by President Trump and a small group of officials at a public restaurant in Washington, D.C., the President was met by a small group of protesters....
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Aug 20 2025

The Texas and California Re – Districting Fight Explained

At the end of July 2025 President Trump suggested that Texas should re – district (or, redraw) their state congressional map prior to the 2026 general election....
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Jul 12 2025

Why The Birthright Citizenship Rule Is Still Valid Today And What Comes Next (Civil Rights Brief #245)

On the first day of his second presidential term, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order No. 14160. This executive order is popularly known as the birthright...
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The Role of the Judiciary Against The Other Branches of Government – A Historical Background (Civil Rights Policy Brief #244)

Just this week a number of reports have surfaced that detailed President Trump’s frustration with the Supreme Court and both the federal and state level judiciary...
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Jun 05 2025

The Distinction Between Law and Policy And The Role of The Courts

he beginning of President Trump’s second term saw a slew of executive orders on a number of policies and also saw numerous responses to those orders. More than...
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May 12 2025

The Department of Justice Voting Section’s Shift In Priorities

A number of news outlets have recently reported that the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division Voting Section has changed their...
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Apr 30 2025

Resistance is Not Futile: Upholding Civil Rights and Constitutional Norms to withstand Trump’s Autocratic Aims

In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has pursued a sinister goal of autocracy by relentlessly attacking any and all forms of opposition and repressing civil...
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Apr 23 2025

The Administration Efforts to Avoid a Judicial Ruling

On April 9, 2025 the House of Representatives voted on the No Rogue Rulings Act bill. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). H.R. 1526 would prohibit a...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Rodney Maggay
Apr 01 2025

A Court’s Options To Enforce Compliance With Court Orders

Under Rule 3.3 of the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct, titled “Candor Toward the Tribunal,” a lawyer has a number of...
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By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Nicholas Gordon
Dec 17 2025

How low will he go? President Trump’s penchant for debasing himself undermines U.S. Credibility (Elections & Politics Brief #201)

If you were new to President Trump’s Oval Office press conferences with world leaders, you might have found his meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed...
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Nov 07 2025

Funding Dissent in the Crosshairs: Trump’s War on the Soros Foundations (Elections & Politics Policy Brief #200)

The Trump administration has targeted George Soros and the Open Society Foundations (OSF) in its post-Kirk “crackdown” on what it calls radical left networks. Trump has...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Morgan Davidson
Oct 09 2025

Unmasking the Target: Antifa & Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent (Elections & Politics Brief #199)

Trump’s crackdown on political opposition, announced in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, is aimed at a range of Democratic and resistance groups. The...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Nate Iglehart
Oct 04 2025

The Government Shutdown: Why it Happened, and What May Happen Next (Elections & Politics Brief #198)

Push has come to shove, and for the first time in six years, the United States government has shut down. Driven by disagreements over the Republican federal spending...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Morgan Davidson
Sep 23 2025

The ‘Radical Left’: Defining Dissent in Divided America (Elections & Politics Brief #196)

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, President Trump is pushing to go after ‘radical left’ groups, those he claims promote political violence and engage...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Nate Iglehart
Sep 23 2025

How To Ensure A Fair And Safe 2026 Midterm Election (Election and Politics #197)

With only nine months of his presidency in the books, President Donald Trump has undertaken a radical reshaping of American democracy. From its courts to its liberties,...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Nate Iglehart
Sep 16 2025

Trump and Intel — A Republican-Backed Nationalization (Elections & Politics Brief #194)

In a surprise move, on August 22nd Donald Trump’s administration and the global technology company Intel announced a deal. In it, the United States government will make...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Inijah Quadri
Sep 09 2025

Where Gerrymandering Comes From—and Where It’s Going (Elections & Politics Brief #193)

Gerrymandering began as a nineteenth-century power play in Massachusetts, when Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a state senate redistricting bill whose oddly shaped Essex...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Nate Iglehart
Aug 12 2025

Third Party Possibilities

The United States is currently in the throes of a political transformation, one being driven mostly by President Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party....
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Aug 05 2025

The New Wave of Progressive Politicians is Growing (Elections & Politics Brief #189)

It has been just over six months since Donald Trump ascended to the presidency, and he and his GOP allies have wasted no time or effort in pushing the United States as...
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U.S. Deports Russian Dissidents who Face Prison or Draft in Russia (Foreign Policy Brief #223)

In October 2025, U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported on its official website that more than 2 million undocumented immigrants had already left the United States — including 1.6 million who voluntarily self-deported and more than 527,000 who were forcefully deported. “This is just the beginning,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin proudly stated.

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Breaking the Chains: Niger’s Pivot from Neocolonialism to Sovereignty (Foreign Policy Brief #224)

The July 2023 military takeover in Niger, led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani and the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), marked a significant setback for democratic governance in the Sahel. However, the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum must be viewed not merely as an isolated authoritarian power grab, but as a catalyst for a profound geopolitical realignment. In the two years since the coup, the CNSP has systematically dismantled long-standing security frameworks, resulting in the expulsion of French forces in late 2023 and the complete withdrawal of United States military personnel and the closure of key drone bases by September 2024.

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The Week That Was: Global News in Review (Foreign Policy Brief #223)

Ukraine’s government has agreed to the core parts of a peace deal  brokered by the Trump administration to end the now nearly four year long war. US officials have been meeting with both the Russians and Ukrainians in order to secure an end to the war. The plan was presented as a 28 point peace plan but upon revision by the Ukrainian side has been revised to a 19 point peace plan that no longer includes items such as amnesty regarding acts committed during the war. Ukraine as part of the deal has agreed not to increase the size of its military and will not join NATO under the updated plan.

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Trump’s AI Executive Order and the Federal–State Power Struggle (Technology Policy Brief #161)

The Federal-State battle over AI regulation has heated up after President Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11 that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations on artificial intelligence. The order seeks to create a “single national framework” for AI. However state lawmakers, tech experts, and civil rights organizations are worried about what this means for the country. Many believe that federal regulations could slow down America’s competitiveness in the global AI race and will have serious implications for national security.

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Rideshare Drivers Organize As Earnings Decline (Technology Policy Brief #160)

When Uber and Lyft came on the scene, taxi drivers protested vociferously.  Now it’s the rideshare drivers protesting, as their earnings go down and the threat of autonomous vehicles looms.  Organizing by rideshare drivers has had some success, but how effective hard-won changes will be remains to be seen.  Workers scored an apparent victory in securing collective bargaining rights in California.  But a similar law in Massachusetts has yet to yield results and the California law was a compromise that included enormous giveaways to the companies.

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The Potential Harm Posed to Society Due to the Inaccuracies of AI (Technology Policy Brief #159)

The future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not fully determined, but it will continue to have a significant impact on our society and the way we live. The ways it currently impacts society are through improvements in efficiency, productivity, and accessibility. Self-driving cars relying on AI, AI-powered robots are used to provide aid and assistance in the healthcare system, and AI security systems are used to automate threat detection, among other examples. Although AI creates positive advantages and impacts, it also creates negative effects. The negative effects cover the environment, employment and other fields. These examples are often caused by  products that use and incorporate AI, but what (potential) harm is created due to inaccuracies within the actual systems of AI?

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A Congressional Bill to Improve the Nation’s Water Infrastructure (Environment Policy Brief #185)

The official Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report states that about 240,000 water main breaks occur each year in the United States. This highlights the urgent state of the nation’s water infrastructure. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., introduced the Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act (H.R. 5566) on Sept. 26, 2025. Rep. Carbajal, introduced the bill to modernize the aging water systems across the nation.The bill seeks to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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Nov 12 2025

Antisemitism Is the Weapon, Teachers are the Target (Education Policy Brief #213)

Educators who are critical of the Israeli government or the occupation, or who voice support for Palestinian statehood, are increasingly at risk of disciplinary action...
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Nov 07 2025

Trump’s War on Highest Ed: Shake-up or Shakedown? (Education Policy Brief #212)

From Harvard to Stanford, the message was unmistakable—comply or be cut off. The campaign, launched soon after Trump’s return to office in 2025, has transformed federal...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Charlie Sweeney
Oct 30 2025

How the Trump Administration Shook Up Education — and What It Means for Students with Disabilities (Education Policy Brief #211)

While most of the major media headlines about the Trump Administration’s education policies have focused on ideological battles with the nation’s premier universities,...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Nicholas Gordon
Oct 30 2025

Trump’s Termination of U.S. Exchange Programs Weakens America at Home and Abroad

Diplomatic “soft power” is related to a country’s ability to influence other nations through its core values and culture. American democratic values including a free...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Katie Lever
Oct 17 2025

The Uncertain Future of the Department of Education and Title IX (Education Policy Brief #209)

Leading up to the 2024 election, Donald Trump promised to dismantle the Department of Education, a sentiment that was supported in an executive order from the White...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Steve Piazza
Aug 28 2025

The Downsizing of Student Learning Assessments (Education Policy Brief #208)

As the Trump Administration carries out its crusade to reduce the size of government, one of the targets has been the Department of Education (DOE). The DOE is made up...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Yelena Korshunov
Aug 04 2025

New Trump Rule Targets The Head Start Program (Education Policy Brief #206)

Earlier this month, on Thursday, July 10, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that children of undocumented immigrants will no longer be...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Steve Piazza
Jul 16 2025

Current Efforts to Change State Education Curricula (Education Policy Brief #205)

Recent changes to state laws and policies reflect conservative efforts to remove what they consider “divisive concepts” regarding race and gender. South Carolina,...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Steve Piazza
Jun 18 2025

Project 2025 and Federal Influence Over K-12 Curricula (Education Policy Brief #204)

Although President Trump campaigned by keeping distance between himself and Project 2025, it is clear that his agenda since his inauguration has run parallel to the...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Naja Barnes
Jun 10 2025

The Future of Student Loans in Trump’s Presidency (Education Policy Brief #203)

Since Trump’s attack on the Department of Education, there has been some confusion surrounding the future of student loans. During the Biden Administration, there were...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Valerie Henderson
May 05 2025

The Trump Administration and the University Communities: Part 1, Funding Suspension

In April 2025, the Trump administration escalated its efforts to reshape American higher education by suspending billions in federal grants to elite universities —...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Valerie Henderson
May 05 2025

The Trump Administration and University Communities: Part II

Following the initial wave of federal funding suspensions, the Trump administration has intensified its campaign to reshape American higher education. The effort has...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Valerie Henderson
Apr 23 2025

Understanding What the U.S. Department of Education Did

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE), established in 1979 under President Jimmy Carter, promotes student achievement, ensures equal access to education, and enforces...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Damian DeSola
Apr 10 2025

MAGA Against College: A Fight for America’s Minds

It is no secret that the past two months of Trump’s second term have rattled both American and international societies to their core. Racing out of the gates, the...
By ?s=96&d=mm&r=g Valerie Henderson
Apr 06 2025

The Reasons We’ve Had a Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE), established in 1979 under President Jimmy Carter, operates to promote student achievement, ensure equal access to education, and...
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A Review and Analysis of the Health Policies of RFK Jr. (Health & Gender Policy Brief #181)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., confirmed on February 13, 2025, as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration, launched a sprawling “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda targeting chronic illness, food quality, and vaccine policy. His platform positions ultra‑processed foods (UPFs) and environmental toxins as primary drivers of America’s health crisis. Prominent proposals include banning UPFs in schools, nursing homes, and prisons; eliminating synthetic food dyes; restricting SNAP purchases of junk food; and overhauling the quintennial Dietary Guidelines to emphasize whole, minimally processed foods.

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Quantity Over Justice: The Coming ICE Expansion (Immigration Policy Brief #190)

If you have been following the news surrounding Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” one of the provisions you would see is the $170 billion for immigration enforcement & border security. Of this $170 billion, approximately $75 billion represents an increase in funding to ICE, making it the highest-funded law enforcement branch of the federal government. The funding for ICE is intended to build more detention centers, aid in retention through bonuses, & expand the total number of personnel.

It Is Not an Invasion: How Undocumented People Got Here, Where They Live, & Why They Stay (Immigration Policy Brief #145)

According to estimates from Pew & the American Community Survey, there are between 10.5 & 11 million undocumented people living in the United States. For perspective, that’s fewer—by about 2 million—than the population of the L.A. metro area. On the one hand, that’s a large number; on the other, it’s far from an invasion in a country of 340 million people.

Justice Delayed: The Mounting Crisis of America’s Immigration Court Backlog (Immigration Policy Brief #144)

There are over 3 million cases currently pending in U.S. immigration courts, with the trend steadily rising since 2012, according to Syracuse University’s TRAC project. These cases reflect more than just bureaucratic dysfunction—they represent a failing immigration system. The problem goes beyond inefficient government & red tape; it’s a legal & human rights crisis affecting families, asylum seekers, & entire communities.

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