The Public Servant

07/17/2015

Adam Leitman Bailey, a Manhattan attorney who runs a real estate firm, says his firm has instituted a ban on hiring graduates from Ivy League law schools.

07/14/2015

DO NOT PUBLISH UNTIL DEAL IS ANNOUNCED The agreement between world powers and Iran announced XXWHENXX in Vienna preserves Iran's nuclear program in a limited form that President Obama has said will ensure it

07/13/2015

But at what cost?

06/26/2015

The excessive profits of the powerful fashion moguls should not outweigh the cost of lives, and the human right for garment workers to make a fair living wage.

06/26/2015

The decision came against the backdrop of fast-moving changes in public opinion, with polls indicating that most Americans now approve of same-sex marriage.

06/25/2015

The share of teens working summer jobs has dwindled, from well over half as recently as the 1980s to less than a third last year.

06/25/2015

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Thursday that housing policies and practices with discriminatory outcomes can be challenged under the Fair Housing Act, even if there was no intent to dis

06/25/2015

The Supreme Court spared a key part of President Barack Obama’s signature law in a 5-4 decision Thursday, ruling that the federal government may continue to subsidize health insurance in the dozens of states that did not set up their own exchanges.

06/25/2015

U.S. President Barack Obama announced the creation of a new office to work with families of hostages and outlined changes to the country’s policy on handling hostage situations. Photo: AP

05/26/2015

"Texas ranks among the worst of any state for flood-control spending. According to the Texas section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the state is second only to Louisiana the U.S. in terms of dollars paid out in flood claims. The state does not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (a part of FEMA), even though Texas ranks second only to Florida in its number of total flood insurance policies across its communities."

While cities along its rivers are growing the most dramatically, the state continues to forego any and all central planning for floods.

05/17/2015

If there is any aspect of immigration reform over which there should be no partisan disagreement, it is the dire need to increase the number of immigration judges

05/07/2015

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy on Thursday—offering Hillary Clinton her first official challenger.