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“Free Speech” Ends Where “Free Palestine” Begins: HB 1471 and the Targeting of Dissent and Racialized Solidarity
By: Genice Nadal On April 6, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1471 into law.[1] What the press release called a “counterterrorism framework” is, in practice, something far more insidious: a mechanism for making dissent and solidarity unaffordable for communities least able to pay its price.[2] The statute empowers a small group of executive […]
Housing Affordability or Housing Shortage? Why Institutional Investor Restrictions May be the Wrong Approach
By: Joshua Oresky Considered a fundamental right by many, housing affordability ranks as one of the most pressing domestic policy issues throughout the United States. As home prices surge, rental prices increase, and the American dream of home ownership becomes more akin to an unattainable nightmare. According to a 2025 Congressional Research Service Report, […]
“Free Speech” Ends Where “Free Palestine” Begins: HB 1471 and the Targeting of Dissent and Racialized Solidarity
By: Genice Nadal On April 6, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1471 into law.[1] What the press release called a “counterterrorism framework” is, in practice, something far more insidious: a mechanism for making dissent and solidarity unaffordable for communities least able to pay its price.[2] The statute empowers a small group of executive […]
Housing Affordability or Housing Shortage? Why Institutional Investor Restrictions May be the Wrong Approach
By: Joshua Oresky Considered a fundamental right by many, housing affordability ranks as one of the most pressing domestic policy issues throughout the United States. As home prices surge, rental prices increase, and the American dream of home ownership becomes more akin to an unattainable nightmare. According to a 2025 Congressional Research Service Report, […]
“SAVE Yourself? The Voters Left Behind by the SAVE Act”
By: Olivia Dill As President Lyndon B. Johnson, the man who signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, once said, “Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than […]
Rescinding Conservation: Why BLM’s Repeal of the Public Lands Rule Defies the Law
By: Danielle Chari I. Introduction The 2024 Public Lands Rule clarified that conservation is a valid use under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) by prioritizing ecosystem health and introducing tools like conservation leases alongside traditional extractive uses.[1] However, the new presidential administration changed the agency’s management and goals.[2] The Department of […]
Aging Out Into Instability: Housing Insecurity and the Limits of Federal Foster Care Policy
By: Gabriella Rusek Aging Out and Landscape of Instability Each year, thousands of young adults leave the foster care system not because they have found a stable, long-term family, but because they have reached the legal age of adulthood. In federal fiscal year 2024 alone, 176,730 youth exited foster care (for a variety of reasons)[1], […]
