January 3, 2022 12:42 pm
If 2021 is known for anything, it should be remembered as the year with the most restrictive state legislation to date. Republican lawmakers across the country have proposed a record number of bills that limit voting rights, target LGBTQ+ people, curtail gun control, and obstruct Covid-19 prevention measures. They aren’t […]
October 18, 2021 11:06 am
More than 80% of Americans say that online news paywalls prevent them from reading articles, according to a new Forensic News poll conducted with SurveyMonkey. Those surveyed also said that, on average, every other news article that they attempt to read is hidden behind a paywall. [documentcloud url=”https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21086129-paywallpoll?responsive=1&title=1″] The responses […]
September 9, 2021 11:05 am
A novel approach to undermining Roe v. Wade created by Texas legislators went into effect last week, prohibiting abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Unlike all other so-called “heartbeat bills,” meant to ban abortions after electrical activity that sounds like a heartbeat is detected via ultrasound, Texas Senate Bill […]
January 5, 2021 12:45 pm
Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater USA, and brother of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos, has come under fire recently for potentially lying to Congress. On April 30, 2019, Representative Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a criminal referral letter to the Department of Justice […]
Author’s note: This piece is the result of many months of research, data collection, and analysis. Due to the intensive time requirement, the numbers contained within are accurate as of September 1, 2020. Since then, a vacancy has opened on the Supreme Court with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg […]
August 13, 2020 10:56 am
As COVID-19 quarantines began around the globe, seasoned sex workers and amateurs alike were left floundering and looking for new ways to earn a living. Many turned to a platform called OnlyFans, which allows content creators to sell nude pictures, videos, and homemade amateur pornographic films. Within months, OnlyFans exploded […]
June 25, 2020 11:00 am
Calls to defund police departments are being made in several states across the nation. There are debates over what the defunding of police would actually look like and concerns about the ramifications of such actions. Those who argue for the removal of funding advocate a redirection of those funds into […]
In early May, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced new changes to Title IX, a federal civil rights law that protects students from discrimination based on their sex. The protection applies to all schools that receive federal funding which is a majority. As recent as 2017, guidelines have been put in […]
