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Judge Awards $200K to Deceased Tenant, Ending Discrimination Lawsuit Against Landlord

- July 10, 2018

A lawsuit that accused a landlord of violating the federal Fair Housing Act recent settled for more than $200,000. The suit itself was filed by a now deceased tenant, Carolyn McGuffin, back in April 2016 against “landlord Carolyn Smitley and the Smitley Family Trust alleging they discriminated against McGuffin because she was sick.” The settlement was reached earlier this month when a federal judge ruled in McGuffin’s favor, awarding her $219,747.75.

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Trump Turns Attention from Undocumented Immigrants to Stripping Citizenship From the Naturalized

- July 10, 2018

The Trump administration has been unusually harsh on immigrants, whether legal or undocumented. But over the course of the past month, the federal government’s begun works on a taskforce to strip citizenship from Americans who may have cheated in their naturalization applications. Alisha Chang, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” observes that “naturalization ceremonies carry

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Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to Replace Comically Corrupt EPA Chief

- July 9, 2018

Scott Pruitt’s controversial and corrupt tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency came to an end last week. Today, Pruitt’s due to be replaced by long-time Washington insider Andrew Wheeler. Wheeler, who’s expected to serve as the EPA’s acting administrator for the ‘foreseeable future,’ could prove an even less fitting pick than his predecessor. As a

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Judge Refuses to Extend Deadline to Reunite Migrant Families

- July 9, 2018

The same judge who ordered the Trump administration to reunite migrant families by the end of July refused a government request to move back the deadline, insisting that extra time can only be justified in specific cases. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw ordered the administration to share a list of 101 children with the American

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