The human rights community today is like the tenured professorship in elite universities. Political groupthink trumps integrity, and inside dealing predominates. Academics might argue among themselves over theoretical intricacies or departmental issues, but as soon as an outside perspective challenges political assumptions or agendas, they circle the wagons. Over the past decade, I have written repeatedly […]

Pro-abortion corporate activists aren’t going away with the fall of Roe v. Wade. As a corporate analyst, I have an inside window into one of ESG activists’ favorite strategies: changing the argument over time to fit the cultural milieu and perceived urgency of the moment. Activists focused on marshaling corporate support for abortion are all […]

An old saying is that “all good things must come to an end.”  And while no one should really categorize Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) as a good thing, it should be celebrated that his time in Congress appears to be coming to an end.  Barring an unforeseen wave of political support, Bowman is expected to […]

What are schools for? Almost everyone would say they exist to educate students. For a small but powerful slice of the population, the main purpose of school is to employ adults. As America has fewer school-aged children every year thanks to a generation-long baby bust, public schools around the nation will need to adapt. With […]

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lambasted the Supreme Court amid its ethics controversies, raising the question of whether Chief Justice John Roberts has "gone rogue." Asked in an interview on CNN whether she has confidence in the high court, Pelosi said "No." "I think they've gone rogue," she replied. "It's most unfortunate." "But it's unfortunate...

A bipartisan group of 51 lawmakers in both the House and Senate is calling for increased oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) in Medicare Advantage (MA) coverage decisions. In the letter addressed to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the group of lawmakers said that they are “concerned about MA...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) railed against the "poisonous populism of the Right" on Tuesday, describing the Golden State as "the antidote" to fear-mongering policies prevalent across red states. "The California way of life we recognize is under attack," Newsom said in his pre-recorded State of the State address. "For conservatives and delusional California-bashers, their success...

New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman said she expects former President Trump to be “very mean” to President Biden during the first presidential debate Thursday but interrupt him less than he did four years ago. In an interview Monday night on CNN's "AC360," host Anderson Cooper played a clip from a recent Trump...