Way back in 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." Roosevelt’s words remain alive and well today as a... Read More about Biden Moves to Raise Minimum Wage as Part of Economic Stimulus Bill
On January 28th, 2021, President Biden honored another of his campaign promises when he issued a presidential memorandum that rescinds his predecessor’s elimination of federal aid for any foreign health provider that performs or actively promotes abortion as a method of family planning. During the signing ceremony in the Oval... Read More about New Biden Memoranda Aims to Expand Global and Domestic Access to Reproductive Health Care
On the day before President Biden signed four new executive orders designed to promote racial equality, his administration also took steps to put a woman who did exactly that on the $20 bill. Her name is Harriet Tubman, and she will be the first Black person to ever appear on... Read More about White House to Accelerate Effort to Put Harriet Tubman’s Picture on $20
As projections of coronavirus skyrocket to 500,000-plus, President Joe Biden issued a series of executive orders designed to curtail the pandemic as much as presidential authority will allow without congressional action. Before signing the orders, the president spoke some bitter truths to his nation of constituents, stating, “Things are going... Read More about Biden Signs Series of Executive Orders Aimed at Safe Work and Travel in COVID-19 Times
Stressing diversity and inclusivity, President Biden reversed the Trump administration’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the military. “It is my conviction as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces,” he said, “that gender identity should not be a bar to military service,” and he asked his new Secretary of... Read More about Biden Reverses Trump Ban on Transgender Persons in the Military, Stating “All Qualified Americans Now Welcome”
Five days before leaving office, ex-President Trump’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a rule that could assure that he will not be the only one who loses his current home. The rule, which strips nearly 3.5 million acres of forest from federal protection, may soon cause the Northern Spotted... Read More about Trump Administration Delivers Parting Shot to Environmentalists and Spotted Owls
Throughout the world, sports fans are gearing up to cheer for their home-country favorites as the qualifying season for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing gets underway. Sadly, though, that anticipation has been dampened yet again by the settlement of a $1.45 million sexual abuse claim against U.S. Figure Skating... Read More about Figure Skating Season Opens Amid $1.45 Million Sex Scandal Settlement
An angry ninth-grader who just learned she didn’t make the varsity cheerleading squad posted a message on social media. It included what her public school considered offensive gestures and language. She was removed from the cheerleading squad and sued her school. She won her case in the lower courts, and... Read More about Supreme Court May Hear First Amendment Case on Students’ Social Media Rights in Public School
In a 124-page complaint filled with photos of Tweets and transcripts of broadcast interviews, Dominion Voting Systems has sued former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell for defamation due to her frequent and lengthy diatribes against the company for allegedly rigging the November election in favor of President-Elect Joe Biden. Dominion... Read More about Voting Machine Company Files $1.3 Billion Defamation Suit Against Trump Campaign Attorney
With less than two weeks before President-elect Biden takes office, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s proposed asylum restrictions that would have overhauled the immigration system with restrictive new provisions. The new rule was to take effect on January 11. While the granting of... Read More about Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Restrictive Post-COVID-19 Asylum Rules
Truth or consequences may soon be more than a reference to an old game show for Michigan’s would-be Republican presidential electors and two of their lawyers who have frequently represented President Trump. The City of Detroit and others have moved for sanctions against them that may lead to significant fines... Read More about Detroit Moves for Sanctions and Disciplinary Actions Against Trump’s Lawyers and Michigan Electors
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who is accused of violating the Espionage Act, will not be returning to the U.S. to face trial because a British judge denied his extradition for fear that he would commit suicide if incarcerated here. British District Judge Vanessa Baraitser made her ruling on January... Read More about Fearing Suicide, British Judge Rejects Extradition for WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
What would you do if the President of the United States said you were “at the center of a national conspiracy to fraudulently elect” the next Commander-in-Chief? Would you fight back if you were the director of security for the major voting technology company under attack? Last week, this particular... Read More about Voting Machine Security Exec Sues Trump Campaign and Media for Defamation
A federal judge denied bail a second time to Ghislaine Maxwell, whom the media has called Jeffrey Epstein’s procurer, pal, pimp and partner. Despite offering a $28.5 million bail package and strict monitoring measures, the court concluded there was nothing new in the latest request that “can reasonably assure the... Read More about Federal Judge Denies Second Bail Request Bail by Ghislaine Maxwell
There is a tragic irony to Walmart’s advertising slogan that claims, “Save Money. Live Better.” The hundreds of thousands of people who filled their opioid prescriptions at Walmart’s pharmacies across the nation might have saved some money, but according to a new civil complaint filed by the Department of Justice,... Read More about Justice Department Charges Walmart with Filling and Failing to Report Suspicious Opioid Prescriptions
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