Martin Michaels Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has struck down “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” a proposed ordinance that would have required companies to offer 180,000 low-wage employees paid sick leave. The bill failed narrowly but would be a welcome change for workers across the city who go to work when they are sick, afraid of losing […]
Martin Michaels Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has struck down “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” a proposed ordinance that would have required companies to offer 180,000 low-wage employees paid sick leave. The bill failed narrowly but would be a welcome change for workers across the city who go to work when they are sick, afraid of losing […]
Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2012 and an abortion opponent, said Thursday that anti-abortion activists should try to build a broad coalition and find common ground with supporters of abortion rights as a way to advance their agenda. Ryan, R-Wis., said in a speech to the Susan B. Anthony List that […]
Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2012 and an abortion opponent, said Thursday that anti-abortion activists should try to build a broad coalition and find common ground with supporters of abortion rights as a way to advance their agenda. Ryan, R-Wis., said in a speech to the Susan B. Anthony List that […]
The $2,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency was supposed to pay for a room at the La Quinta Inn in Park Slope. Instead, a desperate Queens couple displaced by superstorm Sandy used the money for food and transportation. “They haven’t used their money the way they were supposed to,” conceded Janeth Bonilla of Good […]
The $2,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency was supposed to pay for a room at the La Quinta Inn in Park Slope. Instead, a desperate Queens couple displaced by superstorm Sandy used the money for food and transportation. “They haven’t used their money the way they were supposed to,” conceded Janeth Bonilla of Good […]
A U.S. military judge ruled Wednesday at a pretrial hearing that government prosecutors must prove that Army Private Bradley Manning intended to aid the enemy when he released hundreds of thousands of sensitive files to WikiLeaks. This announcement was celebrated as a small, but important step forward for the Manning defense that claims the private was […]
A U.S. military judge ruled Wednesday at a pretrial hearing that government prosecutors must prove that Army Private Bradley Manning intended to aid the enemy when he released hundreds of thousands of sensitive files to WikiLeaks. This announcement was celebrated as a small, but important step forward for the Manning defense that claims the private was […]
A Florida court is examining a case brought on by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) accusing a Polk County jail of liberally using pepper spray against children in its juvenile division for violations as minor as singing out of turn and not walking fast enough, along with creating a climate of violence among inmates. “I […]
A Florida court is examining a case brought on by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) accusing a Polk County jail of liberally using pepper spray against children in its juvenile division for violations as minor as singing out of turn and not walking fast enough, along with creating a climate of violence among inmates. “I […]
U.S. intelligence officials were aware that at least one civilian had died in drone strikes in Pakistan during 2011, despite claims to the contrary made by the man now running the Central Intelligence Agency. In June 2011, John Brennan, at the time President Obama’s chief counter terrorism adviser, stated publicly that for ‘almost a year’ […]
U.S. intelligence officials were aware that at least one civilian had died in drone strikes in Pakistan during 2011, despite claims to the contrary made by the man now running the Central Intelligence Agency. In June 2011, John Brennan, at the time President Obama’s chief counter terrorism adviser, stated publicly that for ‘almost a year’ […]
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, face budget-conscious lawmakers determined to cut spending but resistant to changes that President Barack Obama insists would save the military money. Hagel and Dempsey were to testify Thursday before the House Armed Services Committee on Obama’s 2014 defense budget, […]
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, face budget-conscious lawmakers determined to cut spending but resistant to changes that President Barack Obama insists would save the military money. Hagel and Dempsey were to testify Thursday before the House Armed Services Committee on Obama’s 2014 defense budget, […]
