Introduction Over the July 4 weekend, the busiest travel stretch of the summer, a stretch of Midtown Manhattan around Madison Square Garden is set to go quiet — not for a parade, not for the nation’s 250th birthday, but for what is widely reported to be the wedding of pop superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis...
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New York’s Push to Tax House Flippers: Market Correction or Government Overreach?
Introduction A New York State proposal to tax house flippers is back before lawmakers, reviving a debate over whether short-term real estate speculation drives up home prices in working-class neighborhoods—or whether taxing it is government overreach into a market that depends on private investment to renovate aging housing stock. The End Predatory Home Flipping Act, carried in the State Senate...
Buying Around the Constitution: How Governments Use Data Brokers to Sidestep Privacy Protections Without Breaking the Law
Federal and state agencies are increasingly obtaining Americans’ personal data not by passing new surveillance laws or obtaining warrants, but by purchasing it on the open market. Because the information is bought as a commercial product rather than seized, the practice operates within existing statutes while bypassing the legal process those statutes were designed to require. Civil liberties groups call...
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When the World’s Most Famous Arena Goes Dark for a Billionaire’s Wedding, Who Pays the Tab?
Introduction Over the July 4 weekend, the busiest travel stretch of the summer, a stretch of Midtown Manhattan around Madison...
New York’s Push to Tax House Flippers: Market Correction or Government Overreach?
Introduction A New York State proposal to tax house flippers is back before lawmakers, reviving a debate over whether short-term...
Buying Around the Constitution: How Governments Use Data Brokers to Sidestep Privacy Protections Without Breaking the Law
Federal and state agencies are increasingly obtaining Americans’ personal data not by passing new surveillance laws or obtaining warrants, but...
Higher Needs, Higher Pay: How Foster Care’s Tiered Payments Intersect With Medication and School Outcomes
Across the United States, foster parents are not paid a single flat rate for every child. Reimbursement is layered: states...
When the Shelf Knows Your Name: How Kroger’s Digital Pricing and Data Surveillance Could Intertwine
Two of Kroger’s most significant modernization efforts have, until recently, been discussed largely in isolation. One is the rollout of...
‘Ghost Students’ and AI Bots Are Draining Federal Financial Aid. Here’s How Big the Problem Has Become
Across the United States, colleges are discovering that a growing share of the people on their class rosters do not...
Independent “Rape Gang” Report Renews Scrutiny of British State’s Role in Decades of Child Sexual Exploitation
A privately funded inquiry led by independent Member of Parliament Rupert Lowe has reignited debate over how British institutions —...
Why California Is Still Counting Votes — and Whether the Delays Reach the 2026 Midterms
Eleven days after California’s June 2 primary, election officials in the nation’s most populous state were still counting ballots. The...