Thirty four Hertz drivers at Seattle-Tacoma Airport have been suspended indefinitely for praying on the job, the Seattle Times reports. Hertz says the drivers did not clock in and out for their prayer breaks, per company requirements.
Continue reading …The economy added a better-than-expected 103,000 jobs in September, the government said in its monthly report–not enough to budge the unemployment rate, but further evidence the danger of slipping back into recession is likely not imminent. Economists had expected a rise of around 60,000. The gain reflected the return to work of 45,000 striking Verizon
Continue reading …For many casual observers and news consumers, the fledgling Occupy Wall Street movement appears to have come out of nowhere–a spontaneous, loosely knit gathering of protesters who feel disaffection and anger over the financial crisis, dismay over the outlook for the American middle class, and a desire to revive traditions of democratic protest. That was,
Continue reading …Educators and immigration advocates are blaming Alabama’s controversial new immigration law for widespread absences among Hispanic kids in the state’s public school system this week. The omnibus law, like most of the state-level anti-illegal immigration legislation passed over the past two years, operates via “attrition through enforcement”–a deliberate effort to encourage illegal immigrants to leave
Continue reading …Educators and immigration advocates are blaming Alabama’s controversial new immigration law for widespread absences among Hispanic kids in the state’s public school system this week. The omnibus law, like most of the state-level anti-illegal immigration legislation passed over the past two years, operates via “attrition through enforcement”–a deliberate effort to encourage illegal immigrants to leave
Continue reading …The slackers of the 1990s are remembered as listless MTV watchers and basement dwellers who opted out of America’s striving, mercenary ethos. Many young adults today look similar at first glance. They’re in their 20s or early 30s, they don’t have jobs or spouses, and many live with mom and dad. But that’s not by
Continue reading …The slackers of the 1990s are remembered as listless MTV watchers and basement dwellers who opted out of America’s striving, mercenary ethos. Many young adults today look similar at first glance. They’re in their 20s or early 30s, they don’t have jobs or spouses, and many live with mom and dad. But that’s not by
Continue reading …A middle-school student has been awarded $1 million by a jury after a school administrator used him as a decoy in a failed pot sting, The Los Angeles Times’ Jason Song reports. Laura Custodio, dean of Porter Middle School in the San Fernando Valley, asked the 7th-grader to pose as a potential buyer after the
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