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News New York advocacy groups challenge teacher tenure
New York advocacy groups challenge teacher tenure
Taylor Gillan
August 4, 2014 10:40:03 pm

An education advocacy group on Monday filed suit in New York to challenge the state's teacher tenure laws, becoming the second group in the state to do so. The challenges, brought by the New York City Parents Union and...

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News Congressman introduces bill to legalize marijuana oil
Congressman introduces bill to legalize marijuana oil
Taylor Gillan
July 29, 2014 09:20:06 am

US Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) on Monday introduced a bill to nationally legalize cannabidiol (CBD) oil, or marijuana extract, which has been shown to treat seizures in children suffering from epilepsy. Although the bill, called...

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News UN rights chief calls for end to fighting in eastern Ukraine
UN rights chief calls for end to fighting in eastern Ukraine
Taylor Gillan
July 28, 2014 03:36:40 pm

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday issued a report documenting what it refers to as "the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine" and calling for greater...

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News HRW: FBI stings pushed people to terrorism
HRW: FBI stings pushed people to terrorism
Taylor Gillan
July 22, 2014 10:07:01 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have targeted American Muslims in abusive sting operations based on ethnic and religious identity, pushing people into terrorism, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Columbia Law...

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News Obama signs order on LGBT job discrimination
Obama signs order on LGBT job discrimination
Taylor Gillan
July 22, 2014 09:07:26 am

US President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The order also explicitly bans discrimination against transgender employees of...

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Citibank reaches $7 billion mortgage probe settlement
Taylor Gillan
July 15, 2014 09:51:00 am

Citigroup, Inc. on Monday agreed to pay $7 billion to settle a federal inquiry into mortgage-backed securities sold by the bank prior to the country's financial crisis. The deal, which involves one of the largest cash penalties ...

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News Egypt court overturns political participation ban on Mubarak party members
Egypt court overturns political participation ban on Mubarak party members
Taylor Gillan
July 15, 2014 08:45:49 am

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters on Monday overturned a May decision that banned former leaders of the National Democratic Party (NDP) from running in the country's parliamentary elections. An Urgent Matters Court in May accused the...

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News Missouri governor signs carbon emissions bill
Missouri governor signs carbon emissions bill
Taylor Gillan
July 8, 2014 10:59:41 am

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Monday signed legislation that will allow Missouri state officials to develop carbon dioxide pollution standards that are less rigid than those mandated by federal guidelines. The signing of the bill coincided [AP...

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Obama signs intelligence bill increasing protections for whistleblowers
Taylor Gillan
July 8, 2014 09:39:29 am

US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law legislation concerning spending for the US intelligence community that increases protections for intelligence agency whistleblowers. The bipartisan legislation authorizes $564 million in spending over five...

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New York top court rules towns may ban fracking
Taylor Gillan
July 1, 2014 09:40:00 am

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Monday that towns can use zoning laws to ban hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking , within their town lines. In a 5-2 decision, the court ruled in...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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