As the United States copes with a drug overdose epidemic, which has seen overdose deaths skyrocket in recent years to a point where they top auto accidents in annual victims, many are desperately searching for answers. Lawmakers and addiction experts ask how we got here, and what we can do to turn the situation around. One previously … [Read more...]
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Death Row Inmate in Racial Discrimination Case
Earlier this week the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a death row inmate in a case regarding racial discrimination involving jury selection. The inmate, Timothy Tyrone Foster, is currently on death row in Georgia after an all white jury convicted him of the 1987 murder of Queen Madge White, an elderly white woman. The suit was brought about when … [Read more...]
Boeing Faces Another Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Boeing has found itself at the center of a lawsuit once again after eight current and former black employees of Boeing in El Segundo filed a suit this last Tuesday. The eight individuals involved have alleged that they were hired into lesser positions by the aerospace firm, and that they were passed over for promotions and kept from attending … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Alleging Fresno High Staff Knew About Teacher-Student Affair
Fresno attorney Warren Paboojian has accused the staff members of Fresno High about having knowledge regarding English teacher Darren Klassen’s illicit sexual affair with an underage student. The victim, identified as L.P., was engaged in sexual abuse and molestation for over two years with Klassen. The affair was said to have started in January … [Read more...]
MD Attorney General Alleges Company Swindled Lead Paint Victims
With the nation still reeling from the revelations that possibly hundreds of children and adolescents have been the victims of lead poisoning from contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, a new case highlights the protections needed by victims of lead poisoning. According to the Maryland Attorney General’s office, Chevy Chase based Access Funding … [Read more...]
Transgender Bathrooms: a Civil Rights Battleground
https://youtu.be/5EsxOaRDPME The Wall Street Journal looks at Bathroom rights in this video. From YouTube, "The Justice department is suing North Carolina (and vice versa) over the state’s bathroom law. Officials warned they see the new law as violating the Civil Rights Act. What are the national and historic implications?" … [Read more...]
North Carolina and U.S. DOJ Gear Up to Fight over “Bathroom Law”
There is a major legal fight brewing between the state of North Carolina and the U.S. Department of Justice, and the battle lines are now clearly drawn. On one side is the Governor of the state of North Carolina, Republican Pat McCrory, and his supporters. They favor that a law that was recently passed by the North Carolina legislature, and … [Read more...]
Pfizer Settles for Millions
According to the United States Justice Department a settlement has been reached with Pfizer Inc. to pay underpaid drug rebates to Medicaid. The settlement follows allegations that Wyeth, which was bought by Pfizer back in 2009 (around three years after the illegal activity had ended), deliberately reported prices of two of its anti-acid drugs, … [Read more...]
Report Finds that Washington D.C. Metro Didn’t Correct Dangerous Issues
For the past several years the metro rail servicing Washington D.C. and parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia has been in a crisis. But despite several high profile safety related incidents, including accidents which cost human life, authorities say that Metro still has a lot to learn and improve. According to a report, released Tuesday by … [Read more...]
Obama’s Executive Order on Immigration Deportation Goes Before Supreme Court
Today, in one of its biggest cases of this term, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Obama’s executive order on immigration deportation. The plan which shields 4 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States through the issuance of work permits hangs in the balance as the Justices prepare for the last major … [Read more...]
