Raúl Carrillo

Will El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive rights in El Salvador, which has one of the world’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws and has imprisoned...

El Salvador's total abortion ban, which has seen perhaps hundreds of women imprisoned for stillbirths and miscarriages, could become a model for parts of the United States following the end of Roe v. Wade.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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same issue with what lessig called architecture. so many laws/principles/regulations are dependent on assumptions of limitations of the physical environment and those limits no longer hold

Trump suggests FCC should consider revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him President Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke their broadcast licenses.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him.

Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.

How much water will the $165 billion data center near El Paso use? Developers unveil figures ahead of Doña Ana commissioners vote A public meeting in Sunland Park this week was standing-room only as community members expressed concerns about the massive project, especially its planned water usage.

A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.

another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that

I am giving a presentation today at umass called "rapid changes in corporate governance and finance," and I keep adding screenshots because there's just too much happening

we live in an unregulated financial system, and our regulatory and mental models from the New Deal can't be our template going forward

A picture of Olivia Newton-John with the caption "Let's Get Skeptical"

"Let's Get Skeptical," the final chapter of Fintech Dystopia, has dropped
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
Covering
- How much the abundance agenda and VC output suck
- Silicon Valley subsidies we can take away
- How to laugh our way into Silicon Valley skepticism
- A plan to actually fix finance

Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."

The first five children to attain Golden Shares can tour the Chocolate Factory, but only a really, really special little boy will get the keys to the kingdom

Dear journalists:

The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.

Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

CFP: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy Conference A forthcoming conference will launch The Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE): a membership organization with a regular annual conference, elected leadership, and an architecture for open…

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy Conference conference will be taking next February in Richmond. Proposals for papers and panels are due between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15.

For the latest info, make sure to follow @a-lpe.bsky.social!

Association of Law & Political Economy - Call for Papers: Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE) Conference

We can’t wait to read your ideas! For more information and to submit, check out our website: lawandpoliticaleconomy.org

⭐️ Are you a scholar 1-3 years away from the job market? Learn more about applying to our emerging scholars program at this link: lawandpoliticaleconomy.org.

Some key logistics:

⭐️ Submissions will be accepted from Aug 15-Sept 15. But we encourage early submissions by Sept 1.

📝 Papers, panels, and roundtables are welcome! You can only apply to one format, but you’re welcome to moderate another.

📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉

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Today, join us in thanking and wishing farewell to our tireless leader over these past several years: the one and only @corinneblalock.bsky.social. 🥳🤗🥲😢😭

Wishing you the best in your next chapter, and we look forward to harassing you to write blog posts about all of your incredible scholarship 😬

Ride-sharing apps are bad, actually Or why Matthew Yglesias has no clue what he's talking about

i'm doomed to write a version of this essay every single year. i wrote about Matthew Yglesias' intellectual sophistry, LPE, Uber's business model, the problem with venture capital, economic welfare, "economic analysis," and more. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/ride-shari...

Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.

"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”

Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...

Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem

This story is important - but it centers the experiences of passengers. Almost every driver I have talked to - yes, men included - also complain of sexual harassment or assault.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...

I was happy to join a @caseygrants.bsky.social Summer School session on why political democracy *requires* economic democracy --> like, it's not a 'nice to have'

great conversation with fascinating ppl: watch here ⬇️ 📽️

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ICE is cosplaying as construction workers so they can kidnap day laborers in Danbury, CT.

IG Video: @ immigrationcoalition

"The days of deferring to Big Tech talking points about 'innovation' and 'uncertainty' are over."

We sent a letter urging Senate Leader Schumer to side with the American people and not Big Tech.

I'm a New Mexican who grew up near Trinity Site, trying to make my peace with Left Nuclear bc 🌏 😔

interested in reading recs! 🐝 ☢️ 📚

YouTube video by Business Scholarship Podcast Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.254 – Jessica Shoemaker and James Tierney on Financializing...

Why does it matter who owns America's farms?

@jessicashoemaker.bsky.social (@unlcollegeoflaw.bsky.social) and @jamesftierney.bsky.social (@chicagokentlaw.bsky.social) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their article "Trading Acres." 1/2

So @mattyglesias.bsky.social says, "What I want to talk about here is not Allen’s forward-looking argument, which focuses largely on fintech issues..." But why not engage with "what happens when regulatory arbitrage isn't good?" Is it because the Abundance agenda falls apart then?