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  1. 6 hours ago

    "(CFPB) cannot reduce the need for small-dollar credit or the number of financially fragile Americans. It can, however, try to prevent struggling families from being dragged down by unaffordable debts that exacerbate their economic suffering."

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  2. 7 hours ago

    In a new piece via , Professor Anne Fleming explains how a government move threatens to keep Americans trapped in debt, and stresses the need to keep payday protections in place. Read more:

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    11 hours ago

    "With all of the focus on Trump’s behavior in the past, I’m worried there’s insufficient attention being paid to addressing this threat in the present & future." Thoughts alongside , , & more via :

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  4. May 1

    What does this week’s new video from ’s leader say about the group and what does it mean for counterterrorism challenges ahead? 's shared thoughts on Baghdadi’s declaration of ISIS’s rebirth via :

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  5. May 1

    Oversight Is a Constitutional Necessity, Not a Luxury "These judicial battles may look like just one witness and one subpoena, but what is stake is much bigger: it is about the very form of our government," writes 's via :

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  6. May 1

    "It is critically important for everyone, from the top down, to roundly identify this crime for what it is and to criticize it without qualification." 's discusses the synagogue shooting in San Diego.

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  7. May 1

    In a letter from Robert Mueller to Attorney General Barr, the former special counsel rebukes the AG for failing to "fully capture the context" of his conclusion. 's spoke to 's Mary McCord about it on today's :

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  8. May 1

    Available now, commission shows how law can be a powerful tool in advancing global health. The Commission provides seven recommendations to implement to advance global health with justice. Read the full commission:

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  9. May 1

    Next up, "Global Health: Law as a Tool to Save Lives." Watch the full day of via livestream here:

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  10. May 1

    "We are at a crossroads now... in which we are going to see whether health care is a fundamental right and whether the people that lead the world's nations have the political will to step up and to take that and deliver for their people." -

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  11. May 1

    "Every aspect of our lives are affected by a legal framework or regulatory framework." Laws we put in place to protect worker's safety, control infectious disease, and regulations of family planning are great advancements in public health. -

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  12. May 1

    "With (legal frameworks) we can organize systems, protect rights, we can ensure access to services of quality. We can manage public health risks and address the social determinants of health." - Watch LIVE:

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  13. May 1

    "Robust legal frameworks are critical to steering the global health agenda in the right direction."

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  14. May 1

    "Law is a powerful tool and our Lancet commission has demonstrated it so we can make health, safety and justice the healthier and fairer choice. The easy choice. We begin this day by launching The Lancet Commission on Health and The Law." -

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  15. May 1

    What does law have to do with health? Everything, says . Medicine is a lifesaver, with it, a doctor can save one life. "But a good law with justice can save millions of lives."

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  16. May 1

    "The guiding principle on our institute is that there is an underutilized capacity of the law to influence all the missions of ." - . WATCH:

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  17. May 1

    "The core idea of is looking at fundamental questions and thinking of how to use the law to address those issues, and those challenges are particularly important with law and health." - Dean William Treanor

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  18. May 1

    LIVE NOW: have launched a groundbreaking report on how law can be used as a tool to advance the right to health. Join us for their launch event featuring

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    Apr 30

    BREAKING: is partnering with the U.S. House of Representatives and to defend the constitutionality of the federal Female Genital Mutilation statute. Read the House's Motion to Intervene here:

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  20. Apr 30

    Today, introduces the “Sfc. Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019," which would allow military personnel to sue when they are not in combat. Alumna Natalie Khawam (L'05) used skills learned at to draft it:

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