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Trump hopes to kill the Roadless Rule--America’s largest conservation action for forests--handing 45M acres to logging interests under a “fire prevention” pretext.
Public comments close Sept 19.
Learn more here:
theflaw.org/articles/roa...
You can comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
“They take your phone, your wallet, even your passport.”
But sure, "Love Is Blind" is just a fun little experiment.
Ali Medina on how Netflix turns contestants into profit:
theflaw.org/articles/suf...
“Imagine whole bookshelves, seminars, workshops and trainings that teach aspiring tech entrepreneurs techniques like these. Imagine hundreds of engineers whose job every day is to invent new ways to keep you hooked.”
Our latest -- a great story reported by Gauri Sood:👇
theflaw.org/articles/the...
“I think the only reason that we are not all outraged constantly is that it has become normalized to see that type of misleading messaging everywhere....But that doesn’t make it okay, it just means that we are used to it.”
theflaw.org/articles/big...
The Character & Fitness process is a black box that shapes who gets to practice law. @unlockthebarny.bsky.social is gathering stories to expose how C&F impacts underrepresented communities & to help democratize the profession. Take the survey: tinyurl.com/UTB-People-S...
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Jocks. Creeps. Tech bros.
Read @holdenhop.bsky.social brilliant analysis of “Tech-Bro Fascism” and its grip on Trump 2.0.
theflaw.org/articles/new...
some of our reporting on the NYTimes role here: theflaw.org/articles/pro...
03.06.2025 00:16 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0If you want the omitted story on how the NYTimes produced the very anti-trans moral panic (that they now apparently need a podcast to sort out) read our reporting:
theflaw.org/articles/pro...
"JD Vance is the face of the Creep wing. Vance is a Yale-educated lawyer who has written about how his 'Southern drawl and lack of a family pedigree' made him feel like a perpetual outsider who struggled to fit in to 'high-class society.'”
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"The Jock/Creep formulation fits especially well. Trump is pure Jock. He’s a wannabe strongman, obsessed with physical power and domination. He’s a man who shares AI-generated photos of himself as a preening, regal king or a jacked Jedi (or Sith) warrior."
theflaw.org/articles/new...
Why does Trump’s second term feel more unhinged—more coordinated—than his first?
Because it is.
Brilliant reporting by @holdenhop.bsky.social who untangles the individuals and ideologies powering Trump 2.0.
theflaw.org/articles/new...
“It feels like the school takes pride in its robust student organizations and all that they do but when it comes to actually supporting them, many organizations are told to look to firms for the sponsorships and funding required to put up their events.”
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"With graduation less than a few days away, my classmates and I can’t shake one feeling: that we were paid to stay silent and encouraged to stay distracted. Sometimes it feels as though we are brilliant marionettes controlled by technicality and fear."
Our latest:
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The Trump administration shut down the CFPB: deleted its public guidance, halted enforcement, canceled settlements, & fired staff. A full-scale demolition of consumer protection as a gift powerful banks.
In our latest, Carson Whitesell reports for The [F]law:
theflaw.org/articles/con...
I ♥️ student journalism
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Very proud of this powerful interview with the amazing @cohen489.bsky.social!
“It cannot be simultaneously true that you are willing to pay $300,000 for this degree because it’s worth so much and it opens all of these doors but then you feel like you can’t do anything.”
theflaw.org/articles/rac...
Billionaire team owners.
Taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Cities abandoned.
Oakland lost all 3 of its pro teams in 5 years. The public is still paying the price.
Read our latest:
theflaw.org/articles/hom...
Social media’s algorithms are “designed to exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness.” Political radicalization are “hollowing out our democratic institutions.”
How do those pieces fit together, and how are corporations profiting off of it all?
Our latest!:👇
theflaw.org/articles/in-...
The next generation of lawyers knows that it’s their duty to stand on the side of democracy, and they’re showing the courage and commitment that our entire profession needs to find.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
"While the world condemns the unspeakable violence committed against innocents, what of the corporations that stake their business model on it?"
theflaw.org/articles/cor...
Citibank quietly closed Armenian Americans’ accounts based on their last names. No warning. No explanation. Just discrimination.
Our latest episode: theflaw.org/articles/fla...
The USDA passed a new policy away from the public eye, and suddenly millions of animals used in research were hidden too. This is a story of secret policies and agency capture—but also a story of compassion for the animals we exploit in the name of scientific progress.
theflaw.org/articles/ani...
I wrote about the H-2A program in the US and the need to hold the biggest corporate actors to account - take a read !
27.03.2025 13:40 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Podcast episode here: theflaw.org/articles/fla...
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We're excite to share our latest article and paired podcast. In both Izza Drury reveals the hidden realities of the H-2A visa program—marketed as a pathway for temporary agricultural work but serving as a system that traps migrant farmworkers in cycles of exploitation.
theflaw.org/articles/no-...
