Category: National

Education Nominee Brings School Choice To The Federal Spotlight

As Democrats leveled sharp questions at Betsy DeVos, president-elect Donald Trump’s education nominee, this week, they stressed her decades of support for the charter school movement. Clearly, the Trump Administration and the GOP-controlled Congress will make “school choice”… Read More

UnSettled: Inside the Strange World of Asbestos Lawsuits

For the past year, the Canadian journalist Paul Johnson has been making a documentary on the asbestos litigation industry. Entitled ā€œUnSettled: Inside the Strange World of Asbestos Lawsuits,ā€ it examines how the ā€œbusinessā€ of asbestos litigation has evolved… Read More

Former NY Prosecutor Outlines ‘The Real Crisis’ For Immigration

Over the last five years, the budget for immigration courts grew by 74% — but the budget for immigration enforcement agencies grew by over 400%.Ā The result is gridlock that makes those old criminal court dockets look like models… Read More