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New York City settles suit by minority firemen

March 24, 2014 By Thomas Riggins

A settlement has been reached in a discrimination suit filed by the Vulcan Society and the city over the use of racially based civil service tests that favored white applicants.

Right wing legal schemes may enmesh UAW Volkswagen rerun vote case

March 14, 2014 By PAI

The tangle over UAW's loss at Chattanooga is important to workers nationwide because this union recognition election saw massive anti-union intervention by outside-funded right wing groups.

Intellectual property rights and the TPP

March 11, 2014 By John Case

Ever since Jefferson's time there has been a contest between two principal propositions on intellectual property (IP).

“Step closer to equality”: Texas judge overthrows gay marriage ban

February 28, 2014 By Kelly Sinclair

In his ruling, the San Antonio judge wrote that the same-sex marriage ban "violates plaintiffs' equal protection and due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution."

The curious case of Hobby Lobby

December 10, 2013 By Susan Webb

Can a for-profit corporation have religion? Can its religious feelings be hurt? If some of its employees take a pill to prevent pregnancy, does that violate the corporation's rights?