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Trump’s biggest loss yet: No immunity
December 4, 2023
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on Friday issued a stunning rebuke to four-times indicted former president Donald Trump, rejecting his motion to dismiss his…
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US announces rule to slash powerful planet-warming methane by nearly 80% from oil and gas
December 4, 2023
The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists…
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Last year, the independent, fledgling union Trader Joe’s United accomplished what had never been done before: It formed the chain’s first unionized store, in Massachusetts,…
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Could X go bankrupt under Elon Musk?
December 4, 2023
In April, I sat down with Musk for the first of his many chaotic interviews about his acquisition of X. He said something that, in…
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This Emerging Tunisian Brand is Committed to Being an Ethical Business from Top to Bottom
December 4, 2023
Hidden in the lush green suburbs of Tunisia’s capital, in an office with blush-toned walls and terrazzo floors, an emerging brand has developed a business…
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San Diego County credit union executives see big pay raises while customers pay millions in overdraft fees
December 1, 2023
In San Diego County Credit Union’s most recent annual report, CEO Teresa Campbell boasted about the company’s philosophy of “putting people first and profits second.”…
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Free Speech Experts Denounce Trump In Colo. Ballot Suit
November 30, 2023
A group of First Amendment experts Wednesday urged Colorado justices not to let Donald Trump use free speech as “cover for insurrectionist violence,” according to…
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Large language models can be trained to write code, predict the ending of a sentence, summarize complex concepts and even solve math problems. But have…
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Amazon Forces Removal of Pro-Union Display at Major Cargo Hub
November 29, 2023
Amazon.com Inc. has escalated a clash with an incipient organizing movement by ordering workers at a major distribution center in Kentucky to tear down a…
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Harvard Law School Professor Finds ChatGPT Invents Fake Law Less Than The Supreme Court
November 29, 2023
ChatGPT has notoriously invented law in its desperate effort to satisfy the request of its masters. In this sense, the consumer-facing generative artificial intelligence tool…
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San Diego area credit unions lean into ‘good guy’ image while charging millions in overdraft fees
November 29, 2023
Ernie left the San Diego County Credit Union on El Cajon Blvd in a huff on a recent Thursday afternoon. Wearing dark sunglasses and a…
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When students at Stevens High School in Claremont arrive at school this year, they must immediately surrender use of their phones. First, they must turn…
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The Supreme Court’s Self-Excusing Ethics Code
November 27, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: Last week, the Supreme Court issued a first-ever code of conduct for Justices. It is not a set of…
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Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills
November 27, 2023
When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn’t sold got tossed out. But on a recent day, Rafferty, the store…
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Even As Public Support for Unions Grows, U.S. Laws Favor Employers
November 27, 2023
For organized labor in the U.S., 2023 was a year of strikes that made national news and resulted in high-profile negotiating victories. From the sidewalks…
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A Steward Through Our Most Challenging Times
November 27, 2023
W. Neil Eggleston, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, always hoped for a legal career that included a significant stint in public service. And if…
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‘Red Cup Rebellion’: The worker strike on Starbucks’s most iconic day
November 27, 2023
Thousands of Starbucks union members walked off the job on the coffee retailer’s biggest promotional day of the year. Timing is everything. Starbucks’s “Red Cup…
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Constitutional scholar discusses legal battle surrounding Trump’s ballot eligibility
November 27, 2023
The legal war continues over whether former President Trump should be disqualified from the ballot in Colorado. The case is over Section Three of the…
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Reliability v. sustainability: Inside the debate over the EPA’s proposed carbon rules
November 27, 2023
Electric reliability has been a hot topic lately — from congressional hearings to regulatory agencies and at the regional transmission organizations that run the electric…
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Why Israel had no choice but to make a ‘bargain with the devil’
November 27, 2023
In pressing for a deal that could see the release of 50 of the more than 200 hostages held in Gaza in return for a…
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The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza
November 27, 2023
On Saturday, the board of the Harvard Law Review voted not to publish “The Ongoing Nakba: Towards a Legal Framework for Palestine,” a piece by…