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Supreme Court Term Limits

Alicia Bannon, Michael Milov-Cordoba Brennan Center for Justice
Staggered 18-year terms would bring regular turnover to the bench. The result would be a Court that better reflects prevailing public values.

Sunday Science: Aging Is Complicated

Ellen Quarles The Conversation
A biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way, and what this means for anti-aging interventions

A Patriot’s Fourth of July

Victor Grossman Berlin Bulletin #213
The world needs millions to join in this fight, this fight back! In the United States, there have been models enough of genuine patriots. There is a need for U.S. patriots who are at the same time “world patriots.”

Child Labor Is Making a Big Comeback in the US

Steve Fraser Jacobin
Child labor was common in urban, industrial America for most of the country’s history. It’s now making a disturbing comeback: lawmakers across the US are undertaking concerted efforts to weaken or repeal statutes that prohibit employing children.

Debunking the Five Major Myths About Outmigration

Kurt Wise Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
In 2022 the voters in Massachusetts enacted a special tax on millionaires. During that campaign and after, the supporters of millionaires have flooded airwaves with storied of "rich people" fleeing Massachusetts.

Moving On to Adversity-Based Affirmative Action

Paul Starr The American Prospect
A great deal can still be done. President Biden’s mention of “adversity” in his comments on the Court’s decision is one key to a new and more politically defensible form of affirmative action.

The Russians Who Are Returning

Meduza staff Meduza
‘It’s not me who needs to leave.’ Meduza asked some of their readers who left Russia during the war and came back why they returned. Here’s what they said.