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Democratic National Convention Chair’s Firm Helps Clients Fight Labor Law Reform
Minyon Moore is an executive of a group that has aided corporate fights against gig worker protections and sick leave.
Arkansas Will Not Recognize AP Black History for Credit, Only European History
One critic of the state's action described it as “racism pure and simple.”
Supreme Court Has an Originalist Roadmap to Disqualify Trump From the Presidency
A new article written by two conservative law professors is an urgent call to action to disqualify Trump from office.
Despite Reversing AP Psychology Ban, Some Florida Schools Still Won’t Teach It
Florida students continue to struggle with a board of education more interested in political ideology than academics.
As US Begins Crackdown on PFAS, Indigenous Communities Are Getting Left Behind
Tribal water systems have gone largely untested because many are too small to meet the EPA’s PFAS testing parameters.
98-Year-Old Kansas Newspaper Co-Owner Dies Day After “Gestapo” Style Police Raid
The entire local police force showed up to raid the offices, treating the press like they do in authoritarian regimes.
A White Mob Attacked a Black Riverboat Captain. This Time, His Life Mattered.
That the dock worker was not presumed to be the aggressor against the attacking white mob is a victory for Black lives.
New Jersey Activists Won a Ban on Private Prisons, Now Biden Wants to Reverse It
The Biden administration is backing CoreCivic in a lawsuit against a state law banning contracts with private prisons.
Colonialism Set the Stage for the Wildfire Destruction of Maui
Transformation of the island for mass tourism helped turn it into a tinderbox that has claimed 96 lives so far.
Wisconsin GOP Threatens to Impeach Justice Who May Reject Gerrymandered Maps
State Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz was critical of the maps during her campaign, calling them “rigged.”