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Forced Arbitration Increasingly Affecting Small Businesses and Employees

You may have heard of the current suit the Raiderette cheerleaders have filed against the Raiders due to low and withheld payments. However, thanks to forced arbitration, the cheerleaders might have to dispute the suit with none other than the commissioner of the National...

Mandatory Minimums Are Costly to U.S. Taxpayers

It’s no secret that American jails and prisons are facing overcrowding problems. Over the last 30 years, the number of the incarcerated has shot up to over 2 million, over which half are convicted for drug crimes. Nearly 60 percent of federal drug offenders are sentenced under...

100 Companies Against Affordable Care Act’s Birth Control Mandate

The topic of access to birth control has stirred up some debate among opponents and proponents for decades. In the 1960s, the first oral contraceptive was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, but unmarried women in over 20 states were still denied the right...

New Bill Helps Protect Data Of Car Owners

Picture this, you’re on the freeway and stuck in traffic, as usual. The cars in the lane next to you speed up and you think about moving over to the lane behind a black SUV, but your car’s computer system lets you know the driver has a habit of slamming on his breaks. You forgo...
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Why Unions Are Key To Raising Wages

Though the unemployment rate has decreased in over 40 states since the recession, a recent article in the Institute For Policy finds that the amount of Wall Street bonuses handed out to employees last year would be enough to double wages for all Americans working full-time at the...