Taxing extreme wealth is often dismissed as impossible, but Gary Stevenson explains why the real issue is not whether it can be done, but why it isn’t. As the richest accumulate more wealth, the ...

A Staten Island catering kingpin who allegedly ran a massive drug operation that turned addicts into virtual slaves whined in a hand-written, jailhouse lawsuit that he should receive extra ...

Learn about the best practices for concurrency in Java to ensure your multi-threaded applications are efficient, synchronized, and error-free. Concurrency in Java is the ability of multiple threads to ...

"A lot of people think that being fat is a choice," noted Law Professor Doron Dorfman, who said overweight people historically had minimal legal protection because the issue of weight was saddled with ...

The City of Ames has established civil protections for transgender and nonbinary individuals despite a new bill moving through the Iowa Legislature that would overturn similar policies. Gender ...

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“Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex? “You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws. Contact the EEOC as soon as possible ...

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor." A short ...

For all their yelling about participation trophies and people receiving accolades they don’t deserve, conservatives will get all up in arms over a college student’s poorly written essay. Now, after ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans voters will decide on October 11 on a proposed amendment to the city’s Home Rule Charter that would add “conviction history” to the list of protected classes in the city’s ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal ...

PITTSBURGH — In a move to protect residents from housing discrimination, Pittsburgh City Council has added “housing status” as a protected class. On Tuesday, city council passed an ordinance amending ...