It is unconstitutional to use public office to impose one’s personal religious views on others A federal appeals court today upheld a lower court ruling awarding $224,000 in attorney’s fees and costs in the case of couples who were refused…
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62% pan Trump performance
The majority of Americans in a new poll disapprove of President Donald Trump’s overall job performance, despite some support for his handling of the economy and reluctance among Republicans to hold him accountable. Sixty-two percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, according…
Lawmakers tour privately-owned immigration prison
Congressmen held a press conference in Elizabeth today after touring the privately-owned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, for nearly three hours. New York Reps. Gregory Meeks, Hakeem Jeffries and Adriano Espaillat and New Jersey Reps. Albio Sires and…
Hobbies To Consider Doing In Your Free Time
It’s enormously healthy to have hobbies that you enjoy doing in your free time. The biggest challenge sometimes is coming up with what activities you can be doing that will keep you engaged and entertained. Review the following ideas and…
Trump will jail migrant families indefinitely
The Trump administration unveiled a new rule that will allow migrant families to be held indefinitely, ending a procedure known as the “Flores Agreement” that had required children to be held no longer than 20 days. President Donald Trump and…
Proposal would exempt financial tech companies from consumer protection & anti-discrimination laws.
Democrats in Congress are requesting information about a new proposal that would indefinitely exempt financial technology companies from complying with consumer protection and anti-discrimination laws. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Raja Kristhnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the Chairman of the…
Democrats condemn nutrition cutbacks
Democratic members of Congress are demanding that the Department of Agriculture withdraw its “disastrous rule” that would kick over 3 million people off of food assistance. The Trump administration’s proposed rule would end the streamlined eligibility option for the Supplemental…
Courts to decide if “Dirty Power Rule” may stand
A coalition of public interest environmental groups is urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn the Trump administration’s “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) – aka “Dirty Power Rule” – claiming to address climate change after the…
To stop Climate Change, rethink our food system
By Kathleen Rogers & Dr. Shenggen Fan The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report which warns that we must rethink how we produce our food…
Jeffrey Epstein’s death ruled a suicide
Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s prison death has been ruled a suicide, the medical examiner’s office said Friday. Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on Aug. 10. The billionaire’s death…