President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Social Security Act of 1935 turned 90 on Thursday, but the landmark program will require an act of Congress if it’s to last until its 100th birthday and beyond without significant benefit cuts to nearly 75 million beneficiaries. Estimates show Social Security’s insolvency could cause benefit reductions as soon as 2032. At that […]

In assessing the current controversy over Texas Republicans’ proposed redistricting of the state’s U.S. House seats, two historic facts should be considered.  One is that the principle of equal representation by population is well established in American history. In 1787, the Constitutional Convention required the members of the House of Representatives to be apportioned according […]

Elite universities are opening their doors this fall amid a drastically altered legal and political landscape, resulting from a Trump administration campaign binding billions in federal research dollars to sweeping cultural policy changes.  While most students and professors were away over the summer, the administration notched high-profile enforcement victories, securing settlements from major universities that […]

With their wedding just days away, Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) and his fiancée, Chelsea Strub, are facing a wave of harassment, including what they believe is a death threat, after a wedding-themed political event targeting the congressman’s record. A family-run bridal shower gift page created as a surprise for Strub was briefly left public and […]