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Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel

August 14, 2014 By PAI

"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."

The child migrant crisis: latest developments

August 5, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The "crisis" appears to be shrinking: 85 percent of the 57,000 child migrants have now been placed with parents, other family members or sponsors living in the United States.

NAACP: “Our agenda is essential” for democracy

July 25, 2014 By Chauncey K. Robinson

The nation's oldest, largest, and most widely known civil rights organization convened to address the need to push back against voter suppression and other significant topics.

Republicans use child refugees to block immigration reform

July 2, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The arrival in South Texas alone of over 50,000 child refugees without immigration papers has been seized on by Republicans to block immigration reform.

Obama continues to expand rights for LGBT Americans

June 24, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

The president directed the Labor Department to draft rules that clarify that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to LGBT couples, even in states where same-sex marriage is not legal.