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Podcast: Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy at risk?

Podcast: Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy at risk?

In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Julia, Lee, and James discuss the Supreme Court and democratic legitimacy in front of a live audience at The Washington Center in Washington, D.C. How does public opinion influence the Supreme Court? What role does the Court play in the federal government? Is it the ultimate arbiter of controversial policy questions? And should it be reformed? These are some of the questions Julia, Lee, and James discuss in this week’s episode.


Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy at risk?

Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy at risk?

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Nonprofit Offers $25,000 Financial Relief As over 6,000  Undocumented Students Lose In-State Tuition

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Nonprofit Offers $25,000 Financial Relief As over 6,000  Undocumented Students Lose In-State Tuition

Tiffany is one of over 6,000 undocumented students in Florida, affected by the elimination of a 2014 law when the FL Legislature passed SB 2-C, which ended in-state tuition for undocumented students in July.

As a result, the TheDream.US scholarship that she relied on was terminated – making finishing college at the University of Central Florida nearly unattainable. It was initially designed to aid students who arrived in the U.S. as children, such as Tiffany, who came to the U.S. from Honduras with her family at age 11.

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Democracy 2.0 Requires a Commitment to the Common Good

Democracy 2.0 Requires a Commitment to the Common Good

From the sustained community organizing that followed Mozambique's 2024 elections to the student-led civic protests in Serbia, the world is full of reminders that the future of democracy is ours to shape.

The world is at a critical juncture. People everywhere are facing multiple, concurrent threats including extreme wealth concentration, attacks on democratic freedoms, and various humanitarian crises.

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As Cities Test Guaranteed Income, Congresswoman Pushes for a Federal Pilot

In October, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced federal legislation to establish a federal guaranteed income pilot program.

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As Cities Test Guaranteed Income, Congresswoman Pushes for a Federal Pilot

In 2018, Moriah Rodriguez was in a car accident that left her with a traumatic brain injury and unable to work. A few years later, she and her four children were on the brink of homelessness when she enrolled in the Denver Basic Income Project.

Rodriguez, who now serves on the DBIP Board of Directors, used the unconditional cash transfers provided through the program to find a place to live and pay off debt. She believes that, if not for the program, her life would be fundamentally different.

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Adoption in America Is Declining—The Need Isn’t
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Adoption in America Is Declining—The Need Isn’t

Two weeks ago, more than 50 kids gathered at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, not for the roller coasters or the holiday decorations, but to be legally united with their “forever” families.

Events like this happened across the country in November in celebration of National Adoption Month. When President Bill Clinton established the observance in 1995 to celebrate and encourage adoption as “a means for building and strengthening families,” he noted that “much work remains to be done.” Thirty years later, that work has only grown.

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