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Trump judges blow big hole in age discrimination law
February 15, 2019When Congress enacted the ADEA in 1967, its drafters had no reason to expect judges would be acting as grammarians. Then, the Supreme Court and lower courts interpreted anti-discrimination laws as broadly as possible
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Slow recovery for federal workers after Trump shutdown
February 15, 2019The workers gave those gloomy predictions in the face of Trump’s lack of commitment to signing a spending bill to keep those agencies going through the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.
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Consumers League blasts Trump decision to let payday lenders run amok
February 14, 2019“Whether a consumer is applying for a mortgage or borrowing to pay the electric bill, no one should be given a loan that they cannot possibly pay back.”
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Rapper, 21 Savage, released after being held by ICE
February 14, 2019The arrest of such an influential and mainstream rapper sparks an important conversation. Black undocumented immigrants are frequently overlooked within the discourse around immigration reform.
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House to Trump: Get out of Yemen
February 14, 2019“More than 14 million Yemenis — half the country — are on the brink of famine, and at least 85,000 children have already died from hunger and disease as a result of the war. Let’s end...
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