CAMBRIDGE, England (Project Syndicate) —A new show currently airing gives fresh meaning to the term reality TV. Call it “American Democracy: Clear and Present Danger.” It should be required viewing. Almost 18 months after the Jan. 6, 2021, storming the US Capitol, a House of Representatives select committee is publicizing the findings of its detailed…
President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to address climate change hit a major hurdle as the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to restrict federal reach in controlling emissions at power plants and beyond. The court, whose conservative majority has already shown reluctance in broadening federal agency scope, considered the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate…
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After 21 years at its current location in downtown Fargo, ND, Red River Women’s Clinic will be moving to Moorhead, Minn. The new location is a 15-minute drive away across the Red River, which forms the state border between Minnesota and North Dakota. Last Friday, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade…
You’re tired of spending so much money on prescription drugs, and you’re perusing some very professional-looking websites of online pharmacies. The premises, and the promises, are enticing. Save money, free shipping, no prescriptions necessary, no doctor’s visits needed. Except that, if you don’t know what to look for, you could very well be purchasing fake…
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and hand abortion laws solely back to the states will exact a price on woman, diminishing their “opportunities to participate fully and equally in the nation’s political, social, and economic life,” according to a scathing dissent from the court’s liberal wing that dug. into the financial…
The existing patchwork of federal and state rules governing insurance coverage of abortion is set to become even more complicated in light of the Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that established a constitutional right to abortion. Different types of health insurance – including various categories of employer group…
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Now that a conservative-majority Supreme Court has banned legal abortion, many Americans are understandably worried about broader reproductive freedom and access to quality healthcare. But beyond care for women and the concerns of their partners, the rollback of decades-old protections from a landmark Roe v. The Wade decision is a reminder that the federal government…
The Supreme Court’s reversal on Friday of Roe v. Wade, the watershed 1973 ruling that recognized a constitutional right to abortion access, will have a seismic and swift impact. So-called trigger laws banning abortion in three states – Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota – will immediately go into effect now that the court has overruled…
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The US Supreme Court said Friday it would strike down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The highest court in the land announced the ruling on a case brought by Mississippi that seeks to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Some 13 US states have…
When one of our students told us they were going to drop out of college in August 2021, it wasn’t the first time we’d heard of someone ending their studies prematurely. What was new, though, was the reason. The student had become a victim of a cryptocurrency scam and had lost all their money —…
