A ‘Period Dignity Officer’ Seemed Like a Good Idea. Until a Man Was Named. admin12 September 2022 LONDON — Scotland gained worldwide praise when it passed a pioneering period act, making tampons and pads free by law and instructing schools to ... Read more
Biting Satires Dominate Booker Prize Shortlist admin12 September 2022 A barbed political satire about the fall of an African dictator, told from the perspective of talking animals. A mordantly comic novel about the ... Read more
The police have been criticized for their handling of crimes against Indigenous people. admin12 September 2022 The brutal knife assaults in Saskatchewan are likely to revive concerns in Indigenous communities about the seriousness with which the Canadian ... Read more
Canada’s Indigenous communities have been in the spotlight as they seek redress for abuses. admin12 September 2022 Canada’s Indigenous communities have been at the forefront of a global reckoning of the abuse and assimilation brought about by colonialism ... Read more
Labor Board Proposes to Increase Legal Exposure for Franchised Chains admin12 September 2022 Federal labor regulators on Tuesday proposed a rule that would make more companies legally liable for labor law violations committed by their ... Read more
The Great U.S. Open Ball Debate of 2022 admin12 September 2022 Tennis players are the Goldilocks characters of sports. The balls are too big, or too small. The courts are too fast, or too slow. It’s too cold ... Read more
Israel Recalls Morocco Envoy After Misconduct Claims, Unsettling New Ties admin12 September 2022 RABAT, Morocco — Israel has recalled its envoy to Morocco and was investigating claims of misconduct against him at its mission in Rabat, the ... Read more
Juul Settles Multi-State Youth Vaping Inquiry for $438.5 Million admin12 September 2022 Juul Labs has tentatively agreed to pay $438.5 million to settle an investigation by nearly three dozen states that focused on the company’s ... Read more
Daring to Speak Up About Race in a Divided School District admin10 September 2022 The Leelanau Peninsula looks, on a map of Michigan, like a thick pinky with a gnarled tip. In the northern reaches of the state, it lies between ... Read more
Is It OK to Take a Law-Firm Job Defending Climate Villains? admin9 September 2022 I come from a working-class family. I have worked very hard in school and graduated college with little debt, so when I was given the opportunity ... Read more
