Brief #62—Immigration Policy Summary Before President Trump took office there were 654 miles of barrier; 354 miles to block individuals walking across the border and 300 miles of anti-vehicle fencing that cost roughly $7 Billion during the Bush Administration....
Brief #75—Civil Rights Policy SummaryArticle 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution states "Representatives...shall be apportioned among the several States...according to their respective numbers. The actual Enumeration shall be made...within every subsequent...
Donald Trump completes two years as president, and one characteristic of his term has been disdain for scientific evidence, historical perspectives, educated opinions and traditional alliances. These attitudes are not Trump’s own and the presidency represents...
Proposed New Policy: New Congress Should Seek to Reverse the Trump Administration Rollback of the Obama-Era Discrimination Policies “…The administration is delaying our progress towards addressing the systemic challenge of racial discrimination, and it is allowing the...
Brief #54—Environment Policy Summary New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that his new executive budget would focus on diminishing the state’s dependence on fossil fuels and promoting a clean energy economy. The governor is the latest in a long line of...
Brief #55—Foreign Policy President Trump’s campaign was defined by the complete rejection of international cooperation and multilateral agreements. According to Trump’s mindset, in every deal the United States was either being cheated or doing the cheating, and his...
Brief #53—Environment Policy Summary A 16-author study published in the December issue of Science reassessed the 2009 Endangerment Finding for greenhouse gas emissions. The report found increased evidence that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and...
Brief #32—Economic Policy Policy Summary As the first week of 2019 comes to a close, the government shutdown shows no immediate signs of doing the same. Officially in its third week, the shutdown has progressed to the point that President Trump has stated that he may...
Brief #48—Civil Rights Policy Summary On November 6, 2018, the United States held its biennial federal elections. As dictated by the U.S. Constitution, every seat in the House of Representatives was up for election as well as the required 1/3 of the total Senate seats...
Brief #31—Education Policy Policy Summary Over the past two years, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, has gone out of her way to roll back federal regulations, completely in tow with the Trump administration. Shortly after President Trump took office, the Education...