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  • A Billion-Dollar Idea

    A Billion-Dollar Idea

    Entrepreneurs: Are you looking for a way to start a business that helps marginalized people, thereby lending direction to your purposeless…
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Jul 20
    Prepare for the New War on Drugs

    Prepare for the New War on Drugs

    The coming War on Abortion is likely to be worse than anything we can imagine.
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Jun 30
    On Being the First

    On Being the First

    Who’ll be first?
    Go to the profile of Marcia Ziegler
    Marcia Ziegler
    Jun 24
    Can We Be The Generation That Ends School Shootings?

    Can We Be The Generation That Ends School Shootings?

    How old were you when you realized that an individual adult’s right to own a gun is more important than a child’s life?
    Go to the profile of Erin Gow
    Erin Gow
    Jun 2
    Where is the Lie?

    Where is the Lie?

    The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial was never about who abused whom. The verdict is a major setback for #Metoo.
    Go to the profile of JoAnne Sweeny
    JoAnne Sweeny
    Jun 2
    Civil Disobedience To Slavery

    Civil Disobedience To Slavery

    Most people in the US that think slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. It didn’t. Read on to find out more...
    Go to the profile of Simon Higgs
    Simon Higgs
    May 26
    The Title IX Process

    The Title IX Process

    Part One- The Report
    Go to the profile of James J. Wilkerson, J.D.
    James J. Wilkerson, J.D.
    May 26
    Can’t Afford Kids? Put That Baby in a Box

    Can’t Afford Kids? Put That Baby in a Box

    The GOP’s policy solution for post-Roe social chaos: create infant drop-off locations all over the country
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    May 26
    What Happens Now?

    What Happens Now?

    This is the question many of us are asking this morning, as we read what appears to be a frothmouthed Justice Alito’s draft opinion…
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    May 3
    For State Laws that Gig Companies Lobbied For, the Definition of “Work Time” Is Still Utterly…

    For State Laws that Gig Companies Lobbied For, the Definition of “Work Time” Is Still Utterly…

    It puts the onus on drivers to determine how benefits apply
    Go to the profile of Nilesh Kavthekar
    Nilesh Kavthekar
    Apr 20
    Why ‘Worker Classification’ Has Become a $200M+ Legal War

    Why ‘Worker Classification’ Has Become a $200M+ Legal War

    It all stems from a flawed legal assumption made in 1838
    Go to the profile of Nilesh Kavthekar
    Nilesh Kavthekar
    Apr 4
    America’s Jails Are Slaughterhouses

    America’s Jails Are Slaughterhouses

    A jail is supposed to be the last stop. Here, it’s the only stop.
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Mar 31
    Yeezy Taught Me: Kanye West and the Characteristics of a Domestic Abuser

    Yeezy Taught Me: Kanye West and the Characteristics of a Domestic Abuser

    With perhaps the exception of 50 Cent, there was no bigger name in 2000s hip hop than Kanye West. West’s seminal 2004 album, “The College…
    Go to the profile of James J. Wilkerson, J.D.
    James J. Wilkerson, J.D.
    Feb 22
    The Secondary Trauma of COVID

    The Secondary Trauma of COVID

    I can always tell when I’m burning out. It’s this feeling I get in a quiet moment, like when I’m driving to work and in between songs on…
    Go to the profile of JoAnne Sweeny
    JoAnne Sweeny
    Feb 17
    An Un-Ordinary Situation

    An Un-Ordinary Situation

    Did the defendants in a sexual harassment case pick the judges?
    Go to the profile of Jeffrey Radhaus
    Jeffrey Radhaus
    Feb 14
    What I learned About Sexual Assault Education in Higher Education from NASPA

    What I learned About Sexual Assault Education in Higher Education from NASPA

    My law school education has led me down a rather unique professional path. While my fellow classmates dreamed of fighting all manner of…
    Go to the profile of James J. Wilkerson, J.D.
    James J. Wilkerson, J.D.
    Feb 7
    The Supreme Court Said It Was OK

    The Supreme Court Said It Was OK

    How An Unprincipled Decision Sanctioned Antisemitism
    Go to the profile of Jeffrey Radhaus
    Jeffrey Radhaus
    Jan 31
    Apple’s Employees Have a Right to Discuss Their Wages

    Apple’s Employees Have a Right to Discuss Their Wages

    By Olivia Polston & Ariana R. Levinson
    Go to the profile of JoAnne Sweeny
    JoAnne Sweeny
    Jan 3
    The tornadoes will come again.

    The tornadoes will come again.

    What will employers do to keep workers alive?
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Dec 13, 2021
    The Supreme Court’s Big Lie

    The Supreme Court’s Big Lie

    The Justices Are Not Umpires
    Go to the profile of Jeffrey Radhaus
    Jeffrey Radhaus
    Dec 6, 2021
    The Monster Walks Among Us

    The Monster Walks Among Us

    All his life, his father had promised him that there was nothing to worry about. No ghosts or goblins, no boogie man in the closet, no…
    Go to the profile of Martin French
    Martin French
    Nov 16, 2021
    How One Peaceful Protester Was Prosecuted In Louisville: An Abridged Timeline

    How One Peaceful Protester Was Prosecuted In Louisville: An Abridged Timeline

    The true story of one case, from arrest to dismissal, out of 800+ protester prosecutions following Breonna Taylor’s death
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Nov 15, 2021
    I was one of the lawyers who helped win marriage equality and yes, the GOP can take it away.

    I was one of the lawyers who helped win marriage equality and yes, the GOP can take it away.

    In late 2016 I published an op-ed entitled “Trump and LGBTQ rights: Your worst nightmares unlikely to come true.” The premise of the piece…
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Nov 4, 2021
    This Army Vet and Father of Three Got Two Life Sentences for Stealing Movies for His Kids

    This Army Vet and Father of Three Got Two Life Sentences for Stealing Movies for His Kids

    Leandro Andrade served his country in the U.S Army for nine years. When he got out, he had a drug habit. That drug habit caused him to get…
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Oct 31, 2021
    This Cop Framed One Out of Every Ten Black People in A Texas Town

    This Cop Framed One Out of Every Ten Black People in A Texas Town

    Yes, that’s him in the photo. He used to be a rodeo cowboy. The whole story is even worse than the headline suggests.
    Go to the profile of Dan Canon
    Dan Canon
    Oct 22, 2021
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