Commentary
It’s no secret that every year, local governments look for clever ways to spend taxes on special pet projects that almost never yield a positive return on investment. And every...
Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AFF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...
Being a leader in a professional setting is not easy. To some, leadership skills might come naturally, whereas to others, being put on the spot makes for a bad case...
Millions of independent contractors — writers, artists, singers, drivers and many more — could lose their jobs in the coming year. An antiquated, over-regulated law in California known as AB-5...
Learn It: If you’ve felt frustrated by how the government, both state and federal, has handled this pandemic, you’re not alone! The latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis lays it...
Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AFF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...
News
On Tuesday, July 21, the AFF-Detroit hosted its latest event, which proved to be engaging and thought provoking. Speakers James Craig, Detroit’s chief of police, and Amanda Burgess Proctor, professor...
Last month, AFF hosted the third installment of a national series on criminal justice reform, this time focusing on reforming community corrections programs. Community corrections and supervision is a widely...
Last month, AFF hosted the second installment of a national series on criminal justice reform, this time focusing on the legal doctrine of qualified immunity. Section 1983 of Federal Civil...
Last month, AFF kicked off an event series on criminal justice reform with a discussion on civil asset forfeiture hosted by our Phoenix chapter. Civil asset forfeiture (CAF) is the...
Note: Our initial spaces for the pilot membership program have been filled, but your can still apply for second phase of the pilot program we’ll be running in October at...
Recent years have seen a major shift in American politics; authoritarian impulses are becoming worryingly more popular on both the right and left. For that reason, it’s more important than...