Here’s What You Need To Know With last week’s ruling overturning a 1992 federal law prohibiting states other than Nevada from authorizing betting on professional sports, the Supreme Court cleared the way for states to get in on the action. The Court’s ruling does not explicitly legalize sports betting across the country but allows states […]
Here’s What You Need To Know President Trump’s rhetoric toward drug companies, which he has accused of “getting away with murder,” has been heated at times. That is why the industry and others in the health care space were watching closely when the Administration’s plan to lower prescription drug prices was unveiled last Friday. The […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Last week in The Hill, Delve CEO Jeff Berkowitz detailed steps Republican candidates can take to buck the historical trend and survive this year’s midterm elections by focusing on local issues, gaining an information advantage on their own vulnerabilities and those of their opponents, and engaging early and often […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that is “an attack on science” and a “gift to polluters.” Well, that is only if you believe the scary rhetoric used by its opponents at the start of what promises to be an […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Last week, the Finnish government decided not to continue funding its well-publicized trial of a universal basic income (UBI), opting instead to explore other avenues to experiment with welfare policies tailored to meet the needs of the increasingly fluid, dynamic 21st century economy. UBI has long been heralded as […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Educators across the country have been emboldened by the teacher’s strike in West Virginia that resulted in a 5% pay raise, and although it ended last month, since then, teachers in red states like Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arizona have followed suit – in some cases shutting down schools – […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Last week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, concluded his extensive three-week trip across the United States in which he met with politicians in D.C., business leaders and academics in Boston, tech titans in Silicon Valley, and more. While meetings with Jeff Bezos and Hollywood agent […]
Here’s What You Need To Know In a retrospective piece celebrating protesters that gathered at Standing Rock in 2016 and 2017 to fight against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), one veteran of the protests told Buzzfeed, “I’m still fighting. I’m only done when that pipeline is dug out of that ground. I’ve only just begun.” […]
Here’s What You Need To Know The fallout from revelations that Cambridge Analytica used the data of 50 million Facebook users without their permission has led to growing cries to regulate Facebook. Even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come to terms with these cries and is preparing to testify before Congress in the coming weeks. […]
Here’s What You Need To Know In the nation’s capital this morning, members of the public lined up early to get a prime seat, not at the theater but at the federal courthouse, for one of the most anticipated dramas of the year: the antitrust trial over AT&T’s $85.4 billion bid to acquire Time Warner. […]