How a lone judge can block a Trump order nationwide – and why, from DACA to DOGE, this judicial check on presidents’ power is shaping how the government works
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to limit judges' power to issue what legal experts call 'nationwide preliminary injunctions.'Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesWhen presidents try to mak...
Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
Salvadorans participate in a procession on Nov. 14, 2015, to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the murder of the Rev. Ignacio Ellacuría, five other Jesuit priests and two employees at Central...
Annmarie Caño, Professor of Psychology, Gonzaga University
Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership
Tattoos of crowns and roses are popular among everyone – not just members of Tren de Aragua, as law enforcement has claimed. Marc Atkins/Getty ImagesThe United States deported 238 Venezuelan men...
Beth C. Caldwell, Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose
Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advant…
Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado – a new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance
Health insurance premiums have continued to rise in the U.S.MoMo Productions/GettyImagesA community-…
Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the ag…
The Trump administration laid off thousands more employees at the CDC on April 1, 2025, as part of i…
Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but ma…
Most people in the U.S. get their vitamin D from Sun exposure.Stockbyte/DigitalVision via Getty Imag…
From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philad…
Federal layoffs have affected employees at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.Rya…
Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned …
Planned Parenthood clinics, like this one in Los Angeles, are located across the United States.Patri…
Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential inv…
A Mulberry Harbour for the 21st century.Image from video posted on Weibo via Chinese state media.Is …