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Are We Actually Arguing About Whether 14-Year-Olds Should Work in Meatpacking Plants?
March 27, 2023
An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas signed a bill this month rolling back the state’s child labor protections, making it…
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Support Grows to Have Russia Pay for Ukraine’s Rebuilding
March 27, 2023
When the World Bank released its latest damage assessment of war-torn Ukraine this week, it announced that the price of recovery and rebuilding had grown…
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On Friday, Michigan repealed an 11-year-old law that weakened unions’ power in the workplace. Known as a “right-to-work” law, this type of legislation has been…
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The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a state law that it said would limit competition for electric transmission projects, just as bidding is…
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Scientists have created mice with two biologically male parents for the first time – a significant milestone in reproductive biology. The team, led by Katsuhiko…
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Biden and Trudeau’s immigration deal makes it easier for both countries to turn away asylum seekers
March 27, 2023
In his first state visit to Canada since taking office, President Joe Biden announced an immigration deal with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that enables…
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Somerville celebrates another first for polyamorous people
March 24, 2023
Somerville secured its place as a supportive hub for people in polyamorous relationships Thursday night when the City Council unanimously approved an antidiscrimination ordinance to…
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Collateral Damage in the War on Sex Trafficking
March 24, 2023
Gwen Adora said it was 2018 when she started uploading videos of herself to Pornhub, one of the Internet’s biggest sites for adult content. She…
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Posts revive US Capitol riot, Pelosi conspiracy theory
March 24, 2023
“BREAKING: Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between the cell phone of Ray Epps and the office of Speaker Pelosi in…
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Grindr, the world’s most popular gay dating app, sent a warning to all of its users in Egypt this week following reports that dozens of…
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A loss for Fox would be a win for the First Amendment
March 23, 2023
If a television network could cry crocodile tears, that would be Fox News wailing that the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit it faces for spreading lies…
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An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: Last fall, some mysterious new activity appeared on the Supreme Court’s docket. It was one week after oral arguments…
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Analysis: In US abortion pill case, FDA could soften blow of court-ordered restrictions
March 23, 2023
A conservative federal judge in Texas could soon order the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its 22-year-old approval for a pill used in…
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The Threat of TikTok
March 23, 2023
The platforms are so powerful, their names are verbs: Google, Uber, Instagram, Netflix. For years, the dominance of American tech companies has brought economic benefits…
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The Unraveling of the U.S. News College Rankings
March 22, 2023
Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken floated the idea past a small circle of colleagues. She had a sleepless night and queasy morning. And then,…
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Prosecute Bad Bosses
March 22, 2023
An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: Earlier this month, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the conviction of a construction company owner for criminally negligent homicide…
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Jerome H. Powell is likely to face more than the typical questions about the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision on Wednesday. The central bank…
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Weeks into his new job as Manhattan district attorney last year, Alvin Bragg faced a firestorm: Two senior prosecutors heading the office’s four-year investigation of…
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Professor Laurence Tribe joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the “bizarre” filing by Trump’s lawyers in Georgia seeking to suppress evidence in the grand jury’s…
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Dominion wants to put Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch on the witness stand at next month’s expected defamation trial against Fox News, according…
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An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: On Friday, Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Evan Corcoran, one…