In the aftermath of the savings-and-loan crisis, Congress passed the Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990. Buried inside was a provision prosecutors call the “financial kingpin” statute. Modeled on the laws used to topple drug cartels, it ...
Women nationwide are thriving in ways previous generations could only imagine, but in one area, progress has stalled: maternal health. The United States now lags behind its peer nations, and the federal government’s launch of moms.govreflects a growing recognition that American women need ...
When it comes to bioweapons, we’ve moved beyond anthrax in the mail. No one wants to think about an AI bioweapon or any other type of biothreat. These threats are a real risk that we must confront now before Americans suffer. We have powerful tools available to protect us, but Washington must ...
On May 25, Pope Leo XIV issued his first papal encyclical letter, “Magnifica Humanitas,” inspired by the Catholic Church’s moral and social teachings about what it means to be human and a decade-long dialogue between the Vatican and Silicon Valley on the ethical and social challenges ...
America has a shortage of healthcare workers, and patients are paying the price. Many communities, especially in rural areas, do not have enough doctors, registered nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to meet basic healthcare needs. Providers cluster in urban markets while ...
With the celebrations over, a hard question remains: What does history ask of us when we must act before we know how events will turn out? In Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, he first wrote “our fellow subjects.” While the ink was wet, he erased ...