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Congress Must Act on DACA: The Dreamers Need a Vote, Not Talk

September 6, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by David Leonhardt: Paul Ryan offered some warm words about Dreamers. Marco Rubio went further, distancing himself from President Trump’s new immigration policy by tweeting…

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DOJ Says Title VII Law Doesn’t Protect LGBTQ Employees From Discrimination

July 27, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Alan Feuer The Justice Department has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based…

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On MLK Day, Wisdom about Work

January 18, 2016 Editor

“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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SCOTUS upholds equal protection, rules against laws excluding gays and lesbians from marriage

June 30, 2015 Editor

What a long, strange trip it’s been. In 2003 I was a graduate student in the philosophy program at UCSD, taking a seminar on jurisprudence from the eminent moral philosopher…

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The Expanding World of Poverty Capitalism

August 29, 2014 Editor

From NYT “Opinion” August 26, 2014 by Thomas Edsall: In Orange County, Calif., the probation department’s “supervised electronic confinement program,” which monitors the movements of low-risk offenders, has been outsourced…

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Breaking: Attorney General of PA won’t defend marriage prohibition

July 11, 2013 Editor

From the NYT’s News Desk: Pennsylvania’s attorney general, Kathleen Kane, said on Thursday that she would not defend the state against a lawsuit to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage.…

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Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, rules against Prop 8 defenders

June 27, 2013 Editor

In a landmark but mixed decision the US Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act that prohibited federal recognition of gay and lesbian couples.…

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SCOTUS upholds ACA, including individual mandate for the uninsured

June 28, 2012 Editor

In a surprising ruling the Supreme Court today announced that the Americans With Care Act (ACA) is, in fact, constitutional according to the broad tax authority granted Congress by the…

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Stockton, CA files for bankruptcy

June 27, 2012 Editor

The city of Stockton will file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection after it failed to find acceptable terms for restructuring its ballooning debt. In a 6-1 vote the city council…

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OWS attempts to shut down Stock Exchange, hundreds arrested

November 17, 2011 Editor

Hundreds of protesters marched on Wall Street early this morning to prevent traders, financiers, and technocrats from reaching their jobs at the Stock Exchange. So far, 100 people have been…