WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Boston University School of Law's Program on Reproductive Justice, Immigrants' Rights and Human Trafficking Program and Racial Justice and Movement Lawyering Clinic, all of Massachusetts, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advocating for the expansion of access to mifepristone, which is a medication used in abortion procedures. The letter addresses FDA Citizen Petitions and urges the agency not to impose additional restricti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Civics Center has issued a public comment letter in opposition to a petition from the America First Legal Foundation seeking to amend the federal voter registration form. The proposal would require individuals to provide a passport or other rarely possessed documents as proof of citizenship, a move that the Civics Center argues would create unnecessary barriers to voter registration. As a national nonprofit focused on civic engagement and high school voter registratio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and 32 academic associations have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education outlining its apprehensions regarding proposed changes to the integrated postsecondary education data system (IPEDS), specifically focusing on the introduction of the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS). Representing over 1,700 private, nonprofit colleges and universities across the nat  more