Pregnant Inmates Forced To Remain Shackled During Labor
A federal lawsuit was filed on Tuesday claiming that at least forty female Milwaukee County jail inmates were forced to remain shackled while giving birth.
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Lyft Drivers Receive Final Settlement of $27M
Vince Chhabira gave final approval on Thursday to a $27 million settlement agreement in a class action lawsuit against Lyft brought about by its drivers.
Lawmakers Demand Answers Over NFL’s Prescription Drug Practices
The NFL has been in the news quite a bit lately due to their prescription drug practices. Now they’re in the news again, and not for anything good. Just recently, a few democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have “reached out to the NFL and the Drug Enforcement Administration, demanding an explanation” of the league’s “prescription drug practices.”
UP School District Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Three families and the University Place School District have settled a lawsuit surrounding allegations of racial discrimination. Filed back in 2015, related court documents claim the plaintiffs, all African American, experienced “racial name-calling, discriminatory grading practices and other forms of harassment” during their time at Curtis High School. When complaints about the harassment were reported, the plaintiff’s parents claimed they were “ignored or rebuffed.”
Lead Exposure Concerns Result In Nabelsi Thyme Recall
We’ve read a lot about listeria and salmonella outbreaks and their related recalls lately, and now it seems that lead poisoning has joined the fray. In Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Aroma Imports Inc. has issued a recall of their “450 g and 4.5 kg packages of Nabelsi brand Thyme” due to excessive levels of lead. How was this problem discovered? Well, the potential issue was discovered when the FDA, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Environmental Health Protection collected samples of the product and found that it contained high levels of lead, measuring at 422 PPM.
Cancer Warning Now Allowed On Monsanto’s Roundup
Last Friday, Fresno County Superior Court Judge, Kristi Kapetan, issued a ruling requiring Monsanto to label it’s Roundup weedkiller “as a possible carcinogen.” The ruling effectively makes California the first state to require such a thing, and it has concerned citizens and environmental activists cheering.
Choosing the Red Pill: What is Reality?
Almost everyone interprets the Matrix and Hunger Games as metaphors which obviously endorse the same truths that they, themselves, accept. It’s more difficult to accept that people whose agendas counter our own rarely believe themselves to be the bad guys.
School Amps Up Sexual Abuse Training
Several families sought justice a San Jose, California, school district after four girls reported being abuse.
Everybody Agrees: Nobody Put a Wiretap on Trump Tower
The last two days have been bad for the Trump administration’s political tactics team. Last night, a judge in Hawaii blocked a controversial travel ban intended to keep the citizens of six Muslim-majority countries out of the United States. Today, evidence has begun mounting against one of the president’s more outlandish claims – that Barack
Serve and Protect – Not Sexually Exploit
Larry Paul Fontenot used his badge to sexually exploit bar patrons who pulled out to fix a flat tire.