Nov 23, 2020 | Health & Gender
Author Taylor J Smith Brief Title: OxyContin Maker, Purdue Pharma, Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges The Case In late October, Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its clear and impactful role in the nation’s deadly opioid...
Nov 23, 2020 | Foreign Policy
Well, it’s official: the U.S. has withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement. By Brandon Mooney November 23, 2020 Policy Summary: Well, it’s official: the U.S. has withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement. If you understandably missed the big news due to the media...
Nov 23, 2020 | Foreign Policy
By Will Solomon November 22,2020 Policy Summary: On April 12, 2002, Hugo Chávez, then President of Venezuela, was briefly removed from power in a military coup. Chávez returned to power two days later, buoyed by popular support, largely from poor and working-class...
Nov 20, 2020 | Social Justice
By Erika Shannon November 20, 2020 In the past weeks, there has been some confusion about who our next President truly is. The Associated Press has declared Joe Biden the projected winner due to his surpassing 270 electoral votes; yet, there are still some doubters...
Nov 20, 2020 | Civil Rights
U.S. RESIST NEWS has been following the important legal case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard for the past year. In this Brief we recap our earlier coverage and provide an update on an important ruling in the case that was made this week. Policy Summary: On...