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September 09, 2025

For-profit colleges deserve equal treatment

To most Americans, colleges like Grand Canyon University look pretty benign. But not to the Federal Trade Commission. Until recently, the FTC looked at this Phoenix-based institution and many others like it and saw a big target. Fortunately, its yearslong assault against GCU seems to have failed. Last month, the FTC dropped its lawsuit against […]

Noncitizen voting must be fixed before November

It may be an off-year election cycle, but the November ballot initiatives are heating up. One particular fight is fundamental to our democracy: citizen-only voting. Most people assume that to vote in the United States, one must be a U.S. citizen. But this is not the case: Only 20 state constitutions include language explicitly confirming […]

The push to support and expand gambling is misguided

Gambling was once relegated to windowless palaces filled with flashing lights, slot machine pings, and the clatter of chips on poker tables. Today, it is as ubiquitous as social media. The normalization of gambling has not, however, changed its deleterious effects on families. That is why Congress should celebrate, not reverse course, on its win […]

Celebrate Legal Liberation Day for unionized federal workers

It didn’t make headlines, but Aug. 15 should be remembered as Legal Liberation Day for unionized federal workers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit restored to these 1.3 million workers a right that’s been denied to them since 1978: to sue their labor union for unlawful discrimination. Thanks to this long-overdue ruling, federal […]

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