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Biggby Coffee Terminates Michigan Teen Employee After ‘Horrific’ Trayvon Martin Tweet
By Kate Abbey-Lambertz A teen who tweeted an offensive statement about Trayvon Martin learned the hard way this week that social media can have professional consequences, when a Michigan company took immediate action and terminated her before she had even … Continue reading
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Tagged Biggby Coffee, George Zimmerman, Livonia, Michigan, social media, Trayvon Martin, twitter, unemployment
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Charles Koch on the Poor: Let Them Eat Economic Freedom
By Leslie Savan Quit whining, American poor people and refugees from the middle class. You’re actually part of the 1 percent. That’s the laughably misleading claim in a new ad from right-wing multibillionaire Charles Koch. The $200,000 ad campaign, now … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles G. Koch, Charles Koch, David Koch, Economic freedom, Kansas, Koch Industries, money, United States, welath
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Editorial: Detroit faces hardship, but then hope
By Detroit Free Press Editors The can of consequences Detroit’s been kicking down the road for decades finally came to a landing Thursday in federal bankruptcy court. The filing was inevitable. Faced with a steadily collapsing fiscal structure, the city’s … Continue reading
Detroit files thousands of pages of documents in bankruptcy, lists 100,000 creditors
By Nathan Bomey, Brent Snavely, & Alisa Priddle The city of Detroit filed thousands of documents in its bankruptcy case late Thursday, as Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr builds a case that the city is insolvent and must execute a dramatic … Continue reading
Detroit goes bankrupt, largest municipal filing in U.S. history
By Michael A. Fletcher Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation’s history Thursday afternoon, capping a long decline that left the nation’s automaking capital bleeding residents and revenue, while rendering city services a mess. The nation’s fourth-largest city … Continue reading
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Tagged $19 billion, bankruptcy, debt, Detroit, Michigan, Rick Snyder, United States
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2013 Emmy Awards Nominees
Congratulations to all of the nominees!!! DRAMA ACTRESS Claire Danes (“Homeland”) Vera Farmiga (“Bates Motel”) Michelle Dockery (“Downton Abbey”) Robin Wright (“House of Cards”) Elisabeth Moss (“Mad Men”) Connie Britton (“Nashville”) Kerry Washington (“Scandal”) SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Anna … Continue reading
Putting Casual Racism on Trial
By Aura Bogado During her now-infamous CNN appearance, Zimmerman case Juror B37 made clear that, in her opinion, most people would have reacted the way that George Zimmerman did the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. If she meant that a … Continue reading
Technology to Protect Against Mass Surveillance
By Seth Schoen In the past several weeks, EFF has received many requests for advice about privacy tools that provide technological shields against mass surveillance. We’ve been interested for many years in software tools that help people protect their own privacy; … Continue reading
Low-Wage Workers On Federal Contracts Keep Up Pressure With 3rd Strike
By Alan Pyke Service workers at Washington D.C.’s Union Station are walking off the job Thursday morning to protest the federal government’s failure to ensure the companies it contracts with pay a livable wage. The strike is the third in eight … Continue reading
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