FDA should follow Trump’s lead on medical ‘right to try’

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September 01, 2025

FDA should follow Trump’s lead on medical ‘right to try’

The Food and Drug Administration has rehired controversial Dr. Vinay Prasad as the head of the center that regulates vaccines and biotech therapies after he was fired pursuant to an order from the White House. Leading up to his firing, Prasad made many controversial decisions, and the White House was fed up with his obstruction […]

Collective bargaining for federal employees still doesn’t work

In late May, the Trump administration declared void a swath of collective-bargaining agreements with federal unions. These agreements affected employees in more than a dozen agencies, ranging from the Department of Defense to the Transportation Security Administration. The agreements had covered more than four-fifths of the federal civilian workforce, effectively tying the administration’s hands over […]

New technology could save countless trafficking victims

Every generation faces a test of its moral imagination. Ours is this: Human trafficking has evolved into a sophisticated digital enterprise while our response remains stubbornly analog. Case in point: Today, we identify only 1% of victims. Not 10. Not five. One. Yet the anti-trafficking movement stands divided. Technologists promise artificial intelligence will revolutionize victim […]

Socially conservative, economically liberal: The new mainstream?

American politics is in flux. Apart from deep-blue enclaves, once-dominant progressivism is on the ropes. Globalization-friendly elitist conservatism has also lost influence, including among self-identified conservatives. Where, then, are we headed? To understand the civic landscape, it’s helpful to divide political philosophies into four basic categories: socially liberal, socially conservative, economically liberal, and economically conservative. […]

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