Anthony Foxx is the current United States Secretary of Transportation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2013. Secretary Foxx...

Imagine living in virtual darkness: zero access to Internet connection in your home; shut out from scientific and technological...

It’s a rare occurrence for a large corporation to lose a lawsuit to the federal government and have it result in a hefty fine. But when...

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Before hemp became known as a mascot for hippies everywhere, it was used as a crop in various civilizations around the world for more...

While the proposition to legalize marijuana has taken up the most oxygen of Massachusetts’ ballot initiatives, another issue is just as...

Since tuna fish became a staple food for the Baby Boomer Generation, the tuna fish industry has enjoyed an outsized role in the American...

Statistically speaking, the US government understands poverty about as well as Marie Antoinette did. For the last 60 years, the United...

The first day of a Trump presidency would include a seemingly mundane priority: asking Congress to change the language contained on an...

Despite winning the last two presidential elections, Democrats are in serious trouble at just about every other level of government....

In 2015, the UN High Commission on Refugees interviewed over 400 children who had been taken into custody by the US federal government...

Few Americans remember Amelia Bloomer, the fabled feminist who introduced women to the phenomenon of pants. In the 1850s, coinciding with...

This election cycle, voter turnout has been a major topic of discussion. With a presidential race that features two highly disliked yet...

On September 14th, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signed a 10-year military-assistance deal containing the largest...

A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning...

Over the last eight years, the US Congress has established a long track record of not doing things. But on September 28, for the first...

Lobbying is loosely defined by each state as “an attempt to influence government action,” and in the eyes of many, the industry is highly...

On September 11, 2015, 75-year-old Lee Carroll Brooker, a disabled war veteran with chronic pain, received the news he had been dreading...

Online education, once championed as a great equalizer, promising unfettered access to a variety of quality course material, seems to...

Law and Order has in many ways informed a nation of its constitutional rights upon arrest. Now, Miranda rights have so been engrained in...