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I didn’t know what to expect when my daughters decided last summer to give away sanitary pads and tampons to girls in need.
The state of Alabama enacted laws against solicitation that violate the First Amendment’s freedom of speech protection. The ĂŰĚŇ´«Ă˝ and its allies filed a federal lawsuit to immediately stop the city, county and state from enforcing two unconstitutional statutes that prohibit soliciting help in the...
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Jonathan sleeps under a bridge at night or on a friend’s porch. During the day, he holds up a “homeless” sign in the grassy area near a highway exit and asks for money.
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During a traffic stop, Janice Carter learned for the first time that her license had been suspended for unpaid traffic tickets.
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles’ policy of automatically suspending the driver’s licenses of people unable to pay traffic tickets resulted in the current suspension of more than 190,000 driver’s licenses as of May 2019. The ĂŰĚŇ´«Ă˝ and its allies filed a federal lawsuit challenging...
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A proposed initiative to raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 is gathering momentum and is almost certain to be on the state’s ballot when voters go to the polls to choose a president in 2020.
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A new report released by Human Rights Watch today highlights the increasingly dangerous conditions facing meatpacking workers across the United States – underscoring dangers the ĂŰĚŇ´«Ă˝ uncovered within an industry it has long sought to reform.
After Louisiana lawmakers passed legislation to prevent the bail bond industry from paying refunds after overcharging people for more than a decade, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its co-counsel filed a lawsuit.
New Orleans bail bond companies faced the possibility of paying millions...
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Pennsylvania officials came under fire this week when  in one of the poorest districts in the state.
