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Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders (I–Vermont) and Senator Kamala Harris (D–California) take part in the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27th, 2019, in Miami, Florida.

News in Brief

At the Debate, Democrats Slammed Trump’s Treatment of Detained Migrant Children. Did Obama Do Any Better?

Biden went after Trump for denying detained children beds, blankets, and toothbrushes. But the Obama administration did the same thing, albeit in different circumstances.

Jack Herrera

People protesting the cancelation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals rally on the steps to the Capitol Building on December 6th, 2017.

News in Brief

Can DACA Outlive Trump’s First Term?

House Democrats will pass a bill to protect Dreamers—but without support from the Senate or the president, it's unlikely to become law.

Jack Herrera

Why DACA’s Latest Court Victory Doesn’t Mean Much

Three other district courts have already blocked Trump from undoing the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Jack Herrera

Demonstrators gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in response to the Trump administration's announcement that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on September 5th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Immigration Plan Doesn’t Address DACA. What’s Going to Happen to Dreamers?

Without action from the president or Congress, DACA is unlikely to survive through the end of the year.

Jack Herrera

Education

Victims of Campus Sexual Assault and the Accused Stand to Lose From Devos’ Proposed Changes to Title IX

The secretary of education's plans threaten to make it more difficult for victims of sexual discrimination to seek justice, and might in turn hinder her goal of strengthening due process.

James McWilliams

Environment

The EPA Publishes Its Proposed Replacement for the Clean Power Plan

The Environmental Protection Agency published on Tuesday a proposed rule to replace Obama-era proposed regulations on coal power plants.

Francie Diep

Social Justice

DACA Was ‘Saved’ Last Week. Now, Is a Texas Judge Going to Kill It?

After a year of battle in the courts, young immigrants fear that their protection from deportation could soon end.

Jack Herrera

President Donald Trump waves goodbye after announcing his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 1st, 2017.

Environment

The Trump Administration’s Science Budget Memo Leaves Out Climate Science

Every similar pre-Trump memo that Pacific Standard found from the last 15 years identified climate science as a top priority.

Francie Diep

President Obama meets with John Holdren, Office of Science and Technology Policy, in the Oval Office on March 9th, 2009.

Environment

Obama’s Science Adviser on Science in the First Year of the Trump Administration

John Holdren and others are still at work, trying to influence federal science policy.

Francie Diep

Though climate studies broadly show that global warming is happening and human-driven, scientists are still working to zero in on exact forecasts for the future.

Environment

Obama-Era Climate Change Leaders Launch a Climate Health Center at Harvard

Harvard University and Google together launched a center on Wednesday that "will seek to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in building products and materials."

Francie Diep