Supreme Court

I learned long ago, while working at the media watch group FAIR, to be wary of New York Times headlines. more »

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Before she became the first female Labor secretary in 1933, Frances Perkins had seen firsthand the tragedy of Manhattan’s 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Locked in by their employer, 146 mostly young girls died when they couldn’t escape the burning building where they toiled in sweatshop labor. Later, as the New York industrial commissioner, Perkins held employers accountable for workplace safety and health, expanding factory investigations and championing other pro-worker laws, like unemployment insurance.

Now, imagine if Elaine Chao had been there instead. more »

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Thanks to Sarah Lane at EENR for supplying the links in this entry. more »

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"Get tough" measures can deter unacceptable behavior in the area of white-collar crimes, which are often plotted by emotionless calculation and committed by the very rich (a k a the least economically desperate people in America). And this is why this week's Stoneridge decision by the Supreme Court is so tragic: A major deterrent to Enron-style white-collar crime was crushed right before our very eyes.

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