On the other hand, the federal minimum wage remains at $7.25. Businesses claim that the current standard is irrelevant, because so many workers earn more than that. But millions are still paid the minimum, and the hourly wages of millions more are set on scales that start at that level. ...
As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge took an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields. America’s largest maximum-security prison, known as Angola, sits on 18,000 acres. It was once a patchwork ...
“Agriprocessors' treatment of its workers - and state regulators' treatment of the company - have been a source of controversy since May 12, when 389 workers were detained by federal agents in the nation's largest immigration raid. A Des Moines Register review of state records indicates that ...
Bankman-Fried is accused of funneling billions of dollars from FTX to Alameda, allegedly usingas much as $10 billionin customer deposits to cover luxury real estate purchases and large political donations. He faces a potential prison term of more than a century if convicted of federal fraud and...
Individual & family studies Working for justice| Families and prison reform PURDUE UNIVERSITY Jack W. Spencer BlackCarol Frances AgnewMy project is a qualitative, grounded theory study of the lived experience of 46 members of six different prison reform groups organized in five different states ...
Washington— Federal prosecutors in New York filed criminal charges against a Chinese dissident living in the U.S., accusing him of covertly working for China's intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, and spying on pro-democracy activist groups, according to a criminal complaint obta...
I think this album tells like a return to who we are when we started. Like when we started I had just finished playing basketball. We were in college. Sophie was a jazz musician, playing mostly Brazilian music. I was into house music, playing house parties. Keep watching fo...
"Ajay is an important and well known member of our community and we are working toward and hopeful for his safe return to Drew," Vice President of Campus Life and Student Affairs Frank Merckx said in a message to the community. Merckx toldthe Morristown Daily Recordthat Sah lives year-round...
The Fijian Drua boys have had the opportunity to play at the Super Rugby level and it has also provided a great opportunity for Fiji Rugby to have more players in the pathways which shows that it is working. These were the words of Fiji Water Flying Fijian...
The correctional service has said the medium-security prison Bernardo is housed in has a perimeter and that his transfer posed no danger to the public. Members of Parliament, senators and judges have the right to enter any part of a penitentiary they wish and can visit any inmate, so long ...