Tag: Social issues
Senators keep South Carolina hate crime bill alive for now
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's effort to become the next-to-last state to pass a hate crimes law survived a challenge from some Republican senators...
How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
<p>Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal...
Court: Black man made to work without pay entitled to $546K
<p>RICHMOND, Va. — After a Black man with intellectual disabilities was enslaved, beaten and forced to work more than 100 hours a week without...
Police arrest German who threatened politicians, journalists
BERLIN — Police in Berlin have arrested a 53-year-old German man on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists...
Biden pushes for diversity in transition to clean energy
NEW YORK — As the nation pushes to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and use cleaner energy sources, President Joe Biden’s administration says...
Wage theft: Methodology for analysis of Labor data
<p>To perform this analysis, The Center for Public Integrity analyzed data provided by the Labor Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act...
Kraken launch foundation focused on youth homelessness
<p>SEATTLE — Months before their first game, the Seattle Kraken have launched the club’s One Roof Foundation in partnership with Climate Pledge Arena.</p>
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Some Black parents say remote learning gives racism reprieve
CHICAGO — Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped her daughters off at school.
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E Indiana woman gets 55 years in slaying of child’s father
PORTLAND, Ind. — A judge sentenced an eastern Indiana woman to 55 years in prison Tuesday after a jury convicted her of murder in...