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Trump administration Justice Department took the unusual step of overruling staff prosecutors to reduce the settlements sought, leaving billions of dollars in potential recoveries on the table.

Just weeks before the Trump Administration placed sanctions on the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, he was invited to meet with the President at the White House.

Vast tracts of land owned by African Americans were taken from them in the 20th century. At the heart of the story is racism in many forms.

This article is from a corporate law firm, but it offers a concise summary of last weeks decision by the NLRB to roll back the rights of workers to engage in protected concerted activity.

Seniors should celebrate Medicare’s 54th birthday by rejecting the fear-based propaganda, and enthusiastically embracing Medicare for All. Under Medicare for All, seniors would pay less out of their pockets — and they would receive more.

The Rosselló government’s corruption and disdain for the people ignited a fight far fiercer than ending his administration. Puerto Rico has had enough of its nonsensical non-status and is revolting against imperialism in all its manifestations.

Pundits have said the Native Hawaiian resistance to the Thirty Meter Telescope project is a conflict between science and culture. But the protectors are not against science; they just believe the telescope does not belong on Maunakea’s sacred lands.

Republicans conflate love of Israel with love of America because they see Israel as a model for what they want America to be: An ethnic democracy.

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