The Canadian city of Montreal opened the grounds of one of its largest stadiums to asylum-seekers fleeing the United States. Hundreds of refugees began moving into the city’s former Olympic Stadium on Monday, taking up temporary residence in a public hall. Outfitted with dozens of cots, internet service, locker room showers, and concession stands, the
A surprising set of figures recently released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows that deportations under President Trump are proceeding at a much slower pace than they were under his predecessor, Barack Obama. The agency’s records show that, between February 1st and June 30th, ICE officials detained and deported 84,473 people. Effectively, immigration officials have
Parents of 8-year-old Transgender Student File Discrimination Lawsuit
Acclaimed Author-Poet Passes Bar, His Criminal History is Under Review
According to recent studies, including one from “TransUnion, a company that helps hospitals collect unpaid bills,” more and more people are failing to pay off their entire hospital bills. In fact, according to TransUnion, “more than two-thirds of patients aren’t paying” off their bills, “and that number could increase to 95 percent by 2020.”
The lawsuit between Paul Nungesser and Columbia University has finally been settled. Nungesser, a former student of the university, filed a lawsuit against Columbia back in 2015 on allegations that the “university supported an outrageous display of harassment and defamation after fellow student Emma Sulkowicz held protests around campus where people openly called him a rapist.” Before the recent settlement was announced, the suit had been dismissed on two separate occasions.
Big box businesses across the country are taking advantage of the Dark Store loophole in order to dodge their tax bill and starve communities of revenue.
An $11 million settlement has been reached between a trucking company and the family of a South Carolina truck driver “who burned to death last year after colliding with a gasoline tanker that was blocking a rural highway in the dark.” But what happened exactly? How did the tragic accident occur?
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a lawsuit against the Justice Department Monday, following threats from the White House to curtail federal grants for so-called sanctuary cities. Cutting funds from sanctuary cities has been a top priority for the Trump administration ever since the President assumed office in January. The Department of Justice recently implemented a
A settlement has been reached between the city of St. Louis and a high-ranking police officer, bringing an end to one of three racial or gender discrimination lawsuits against the city. The officer, Major Michael Caruso, originally sued the city over allegations that “he was passed over for the same job that Jones was passed over because he was white.” While his attorneys haven’t released any details about Caruso’s lawsuit and the settlement, they did confirm “it’s been resolved.”