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Proposed law aims to lock in protections for homeless students
A decades-old law allows Pennsylvania school districts to keep homeless children out of school. Newly revived legislation would change that.
Millions of low-paid workers will benefit from this obscure new policy
McDonald’s and franchise owners hate it. Fast food workers and labor unions love it. Here’s how the National Labor Relations Board made it easier for workers to organize.
What backlash to landmark voting law tells us about debate today
The Voting Rights Act has been hailed as a key civil rights law by Republican and Democratic presidents alike. But a closer look at its reception in 1965 shows a fierce backlash, with parallels to the present.