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Martin Shkreli lashed out on Facebook after the feds asked a judge to revoke his bail, citing a "threat" against Hillary Clinton.
The Justice Dept. said the Christian baker should be exempt from Colorado's anti-discrimination law because making custom cakes is a form of free expression.
The Justice Dept. said the Christian baker should be exempt from Colorado's anti-discrimination law because making custom cakes is a form of free expression.
The Justice Dept. said the Christian baker should be exempt from Colorado's anti-discrimination law because making custom cakes is a form of free expression.
Zoos and conservation centers in South Florida moved their animals to safety as Hurricane Irma appeared on track to strike.
Does #NAFTA Allow Corporations to Buy Justice?
One of the most insidious provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement is the one that creates private justice for the wealthy few.
You may be thinking to yourself, "What?!?! I thought NAFTA was only about tariffs." Well, in fact, NAFTA is hardly about tariffs at all. News stories that try to boil NAFTA down to a simplistic "protectionism" (high tariffs) versus "free trade" (low tariffs) are glossing over the most important issues in NAFTA, like private justice for investors, rules that chill important regulations, and a complete lack of effective protections for working people, the environment we live in or the prices we pay for important necessities like medicine.
In this post, I’m going to focus on that private justice for investors. It comes in the form of something called "investor-state dispute settlement," or ISDS. It is called by this name because all other tools to settle disputes in NAFTA (and other trade deals) are settled between "states" (meaning countries, such as the United States, Canada and China), so they are called "state to state." In NAFTA, private...
With Hurricane Irma set to hit nearly all of Florida this weekend, a mass exodus from the state is underway. Meanwhile, Irma's death toll across the Caribbean has climbed to at least 12 people. NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt reports for TODAY from Miami Beach.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is overseeing a criminal investigation into officers involved in the handcuffing of nurse Alex Wubbels.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is overseeing a criminal investigation into officers involved in the handcuffing of nurse Alex Wubbels.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is overseeing a criminal investigation into officers involved in the handcuffing of nurse Alex Wubbels.
