On October 11, 2018, prior to hosting the now-(in)famous “meeting of the minds” with rapper Kanye West, President Donald Trump officially signed the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (MMA). The MMA serves three primary purposes: 1) streamline royalty payments for composers and songwriters when digital streaming services (Spotify, Pandora, etc) play their songs; […]

Recently, while visiting my parents in Michigan, I drove past the grounds of my old elementary school. As construction of a senior living facility continues where Gertrude V. Ealy Elementary once stood, I thought about how much the school and its wonderful faculty shaped the early years of my education and the lessons (both scholastic [...]