Purdue Pharma has hired AlixPartners, a New York-based consulting firm known for its restructuring work, to explore filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which would most likely halt the approximately 1,600 city and state lawsuits filed against Purdue to “recoup costs incurred for hooking the nation on opioids,” both legal and illegal, … [Read more...]
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No Pot Legalization in New York State Until People of Color Reap the Benefits
Assembly member Crystal Peoples-Stokes, while speaking on Bill A-2142, which would seal records for certain marijuana possession charges that terminate in favor of the accused. (Public domain) African Americans, who have new power in the first Democratic-led legislature in a decade, have blocked Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s cannabis … [Read more...]
Federal Judge Won’t Allow Unvaccinated Kids in School
There’s a lot of debate surrounding whether or not to vaccinate children, and with a recent rise in the number of unvaccinated children in the United States, there’s been an increase in the risk of vaccine-preventable infectious disease outbreaks, according to researchers. Many parents are opposed to vaccinations and cite religious, philosophical, … [Read more...]
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ 2020 Citizenship Question Blocked by Federal Judges
Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner, and his wife, Assistant to the President Ivanka Trump, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus are seen as they arrive with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to the Murabba Palace as honored guests of King … [Read more...]
Net Neutrality Advocates See Hope in Initial Court Hearing
When the Federal Communications Commission repealed Obama-era net neutrality rules in December 2017, a crucial element of their action was a seemingly technical regulatory decision related to the classification of broadband internet service providers. Overturning a previous classification from the FCC when it was controlled by a Democratic … [Read more...]
U.S. Court of Appeals Reviews Trump Administration’s Rescission of DACA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is an immigration policy that was enacted by President Obama’s executive order in 2012. It allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and have lived in the US for more than four years to avoid deportation and obtain a work permit. The deferral on deportation is … [Read more...]
Military Families Feel Outrage and Betrayal Over PFAS Dangers
The man-made group of chemicals known as “PFAS” has been all over the news in recent years especially 2017 and 2018; as the number of people exposed to tainted drinking water rises, military families have come forward and appear to be especially susceptible to the dangers of PFAS due to the fact they live on or near military bases. PFAS stands … [Read more...]
Millions of Gallons of Polluted Water from Mines Taint Water Supply
The Associated Press recently reported that over 50 million gallons of polluted water flows from contaminated mining sites in the United States and into surrounding streams and ponds, and that water is untreated. The tainted water has lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals in it and poisons aquatic life and drinking water in at least nine states … [Read more...]
House Democrats Endorse Stricter Gun Laws for Violence Against Women Act
The March issue of the National Rifle Association’s monthly publication, The American Rifleman, features a photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic Congresswoman from Arizona, who was shot in the head in 2011, The New York Times reports on February 24. The photo of Pelosi and Giffords, snapped last month … [Read more...]
Is Nike Liable for College Basketball Star’s injury?
(Photo Credit: Keenan Hairston, CC 2.0) With March Madness right around the corner, Duke University superstar freshman basketball player, Zion Williamson, came crashing down to the floor after less than 35 seconds into a huge game against the University of North Carolina Tar Heels last week when his Nike PG 2.5 PE basketball shoe came … [Read more...]
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