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Several States Are Taking the Lead on Restoring Overtime Pay

A patchwork of different rules decide which workers earn time and a half around the country.

Marcus Baram
May 13, 2022 | Capital & Main

You Probably Aren’t Getting Paid Overtime. Here’s Why.

How employers get away with denying workers income they used to earn.

Marcus Baram |
May 12, 2022 | Capital & Main Who Killed Overtime Pay?

Can Biden Sharply Expand Overtime Pay?

To do so, he will need to learn from the failures of Obama and Carter.

Marcus Baram |
May 11, 2022 | Capital & Main Who Killed Overtime Pay?

Overworked and Underpaid

Many people work more than full time, but few earn extra money anymore. A labor-friendly president promises to change that.

Marcus Baram |
May 10, 2022 | Capital & Main Who Killed Overtime Pay?

How a Major Tar Sands Pipeline Project Threatens Indigenous Land Rights

Much of the Trans Mountain pipeline’s route lies within the territory of the Secwepemc Nation, which has never relinquished its land to the Canadian government by treaty, land sale, or surrender.

Will Parrish
May 12, 2022 | HuffPost

This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life

A growing number of scholars, lawyers, and lawmakers are calling for a reassessment of how rap lyrics are used in court.

Jaeah Lee
March 30, 2022 | The New York Times

The Jailing of Jesse Harvey

A drug war activist turned to civil commitment for help — and found a civil liberties nightmare.

Jordan Michael Smith
March 23, 2022 | The Intercept

What Happened When Oakland Tried to Make Police Pay for Misconduct

In the ‘90s, the city passed a policy requiring the police department to pay some of their own legal costs. There’s no evidence that the department ever paid up.

Akintunde Ahmad
March 1, 2022 | The Appeal Ida B. Wells Fellowship

How the Country’s Most Prominent Conservation Agency is Failing to Tackle Climate Change

Newly obtained documents show FWS officials pursued plans to remove protections from an endangered Florida animal despite internal warnings about sea level rise.

Jimmy Tobias
March 1, 2022 | The Guardian

The New Right’s Grim, Increasingly Popular Fantasies of an International Nationalism

In the quest to unify American conservatism’s fragmented ranks, a right-wing vanguard
is looking to Hungary and Poland for inspiration.

Kathryn Joyce
January 6, 2022 | New Republic

Texas National Guard Filmed Trespassing During Border Operations

Allowing soldiers to patrol border communities with assault rifles is the latest escalation in Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.

Melissa del Bosque
December 17, 2021 | The Intercept

The Big Thaw

Alaska becomes the nation’s first frontier of climate disruption

Adam Federman
December 14, 2021 | Sierra Magazine

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