The recent World Cup victory by the US women’s national soccer team collided in my brain today with my upcoming 50th high school reunion to conjure up a mixed bag of memories from gym class and women’s sports before Title IX made sex discrimination in educational programs illegal. Throughout my school years, I was told … Read more
Brian Stelter of CNN gets this right, Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest shows the power of one newspaper’s investigation: In the past year the Jeffrey Epstein case was catapulted onto the national news radar by one newspaper, the Miami Herald, and by one reporter in particular, Julie K. Brown. The paper’s “Perversion of Justice” series came out … Read more
The Justice Department is swapping out the lawyers who had been representing the administration in its legal battle to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, possibly signaling career attorneys’ legal or ethical concerns over the maneuvering ordered by President Trump. “If you won’t do it, we’ll find someone who will!” The Washington … Read more
The United States remained supreme in women’s soccer on Sunday, defending its title as World Cup champions and winning their fourth FIFA World Cup title by defeating the Netherlands, 2-0. U.S. wins Women’s World Cup title with 2-0 defeat of Netherlands: In the Americans’ most difficult test of the month-long competition, Megan Rapinoe converted a … Read more
The Affordable Care Act aka “ObamaCare” will be back in court on Tuesday in a closely watched case hanging over the health care system. ObamaCare repeal lawsuit faces major court test: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear arguments in a lawsuit backed by the Trump administration seeking to overturn the … Read more