Across the United States today, well over a quarter of a million farmworkers go without any federal guarantee of overtime pay. For the majority of these workers, this lack of protection can result in laboring for fifty-five or sixty hour workweeks at straight pay. With no reform to farmworker overtime on the horizon in Congress,
In his recent interview with Admiral Mike Mullen regarding the threat posed by the terrorist organization IS (Islamic State), Stephen Colbert momentarily discarded his hawkish conservative persona. “Can I tell you why the American people might be tired of [fighting in the Middle East]?…It is because we are asked to be afraid of it and
New York City police unions recently attempted to intervene to halt a settlement between plaintiffs and New York City in the stop-and-frisk cases. Judge Analisa Torres denied the unions’ motions. Last summer, in Floyd v. City of New York, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of New York’s Southern District held that the New York City Police
In Part II of her two-part series, Madeline Weiss discusses the VRA’s successes and the implications of the Shelby County decision on voting rights in America.
In Part II of a series of related posts, Greg Renick analyzes empirical research that supports a reform of the Biggers five-factor approach to weighing the credibility of eyewitnesses.
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