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Ukrainian Refugees and American Citizens Mistakenly Ordered to Leave the U.S. Within Seven Days

Ukrainian Refugees and American Citizens Mistakenly Ordered to Leave the U.S. Within Seven Days

May 19, 2025 |

In early March, 2025 Reuters reported that the administration of Donald Trump was planning to deprive about 240,000 Ukrainian refugees of their legal status by terminating humanitarian programs. According to the Reuters sources, the decision was expected in April. In response, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt dismissed the report on X, calling it “more fake news” and stating, “No decision has been made at this time.” Meanwhile, the Trump administration has already begun revoking parole status for over 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, who had been living in the U.S. under temporary humanitarian programs. The administration said cases would be reviewed on “a case-by-case basis.”

Montana Debates Letting Doctors Refuse Care to LGBTQ Citizens

Montana Debates Letting Doctors Refuse Care to LGBTQ Citizens

Feb 22, 2023 |

Brief #157 – Health and Gender Policy
By Caroline Howard

The Montana House of Representatives recently debated and then passed a bill which is being referred to as a medical right of conscience law. This act, as the Montana Free Press put it, would allow “medical institutions, providers and other health care employees to deny services based on their ‘ethical, moral, or religious beliefs or principles’”.

The GOP’s Alarming Opposition to Raising the Debt Ceiling

The GOP’s Alarming Opposition to Raising the Debt Ceiling

Feb 6, 2023 |

Brief #52 – Economic Policy
By Caroline Howard

The United States is currently heading toward the path of a debt default, for the first time in the nation’s history. This could have catastrophic effects not only on the American economy but on the entire world economic order. The country already went past its debt ceiling in January, going over the 31.4 trillion dollar limit it set for itself in December 2021.

North Dakota Anti-Trans Law Will Jail Librarians For Displaying Books About Sexual and Gender Identity

North Dakota Anti-Trans Law Will Jail Librarians For Displaying Books About Sexual and Gender Identity

Jan 31, 2023 |

Brief #156 – Health and Gender Policy
By Caroline Howard

A new law introduced in North Dakota will make it a class-b misdemeanor for librarians in public libraries to have any books on display that are deemed “sexually explicit”. Within this list of topics that meet the definition of sexually explicit, are the classifications of sexual identity, and gender identity.

Both Sides of the Aisle Want to Preserve the Filibuster

Both Sides of the Aisle Want to Preserve the Filibuster

Feb 17, 2021 |

Brief #16—Elections and Politics
By Zack Huffman
The Democrats now have slight control of the 50-50 Senate with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaker vote. Much like the former time the Democrats held the Senate, there is some discussion about whether or not to remove the filibuster, which allows the minority party to block votes on bills they are fighting. The fact that the Democrats failed to move the John Lewis Civil Rights Act past a filibuster in 2020 has further compelled some legislators to favor an end to the filibuster before the GOP can block future Senate bills. The longest filibuster to date is still the one Sen. Strom Thurmond preformed in his failed attempt to block passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The late Dixiecrat spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes before the law was finally passed 72-18. Thurmond would later switch parties from Democrat to Republican in protest over the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

President Biden Moves Forward With Creation of Court Reform Commission

President Biden Moves Forward With Creation of Court Reform Commission

Feb 4, 2021 |

Brief #149—Civil Rights
By Rod Maggay
During the 2020 presidential election campaign then Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden said on the TV program 60 Minutes, “The last thing we need to do is turn the Supreme Court into just a political football, whoever has the most votes gets whatever they want.” Biden was responding to talk over a replacement for Brief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who had passed away in September 2020. Republicans were then in control of the Senate and were pushing to speedily confirm nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett was eventually confirmed to the Supreme Court with less than a week until the November 3, 2020 election.

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