…a group of women who had worked as sales reps for Novartis in the United States filed a lawsuit saying they were discriminated against in pay and promotions, especially after…
Novartis and Cohen: Two of a Kind
Carper, Whitehouse Sound Alarm About Unreleased Communications Between Pruitt and Special Interests
…recused from particular matters. See 5 C.F.R. §2635.502(a). By regulation, the DAEO may undertake an independent assessment of the facts, at any time, of your compliance with the rules. The…
Christian Right Groups Wage Crusade to Capture Courts
…the constitutional and civil rights of all Americans, regardless of their religious views, will take an equal commitment from supporters of an independent judiciary.” Read the report: Conquering the Courts…
New Technology Allows Election Officials to Verify Votes Like Never Before—Will It Be Widely Used in 2018?
By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Technology has bestowed a stunning twist of fate in the arcane world of counting how America votes. A decade ago, activists railed against…
Under New Rules, Zuckerberg Will Be America’s Biggest Propaganda Cop
By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Will Facebook’s new political advertising rules tame extremists in American campaigns and elections, accomplishing something that neither Congress, federal regulators nor the judiciary…
Trump May Face Heat for Campaign Finance Crimes
…abet Cambridge Analytica’s illegal use of foreign nationals to substantively participate in and advise the Trump campaign and Bolton’s independent expenditures. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked Cambridge Analytica for…
DO THE KOCHS LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL TO TURN A PROFIT?
…label in order to make a profit. But their anti-union crusades suggest that they don’t want to share those profits with the men and women who show up every shift,…
AG Academy: Republican Attorneys General Get Schooled by Corporate Lobbyists
…have been big donors to RAGA. RAGA has faced scrutiny because its members worked with donors to challenge federal regulations. The forum in Washington suggests the criticism hasn’t fazed them:…
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
…which creates an ordinance that requires groups that make more than $1,000 in independent expenditures in municipal elections to disclose its financial supporters and details of the organization. The city…
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
…the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which has been battling paid sick leave ordinances, lobbied in favor of soda tax preemption in Michigan. Grassroots activists know they are up against…
