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When Greta Christina heard that Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians were staging a protest on Oct. 13, 2019, over long wait times for therapy, she made her own sign and showed up to support them. She's had to wait up to six weeks between therapy appointments for her depression. © 2021 npr When Greta Christina fell into a deep depression five years ago, she called up her therapist in...

Michael Toledano When Chief Dsta’hyl arrived on a Saturday morning in October, the big construction vehicles rumbled back and forth over the cold mud. He watched an excavator dig into the soil, its yellow, hydraulic arm moving against the green backdrop of forests that he has called home all his life. The area that was being prepared for construction lies within the territory of the Wet’suwet...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Should dying COVID patients be able to receive in-person visitation? A new Tennessee law forces hospitals to change their visitor guidelines and allow end-of-life COVID visitations. The safety concern, however, is the family member would be directly exposed to a COVID-positive patient, and in the worst-case scenario, the visitor could end up in a hospital bed themsel...

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past two decades, the IRS has been overwhelmed by the sophistication and scale of foreign asset holdings of wealthy taxpaying Americans. But based on recent statements by the federal government and actions by agency officials, this trend is coming to an end. The IRS is using all of the new tools at its disposal to target U.S. taxpayers wh...

(Image via pxHere.com) By Hernán Galperin The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021, was hailed by the White House and advocates as a historic investment to improve internet access in America. As a researcher who studies internet policy and digital inequality, I believe the infrastructure plan should be celebrated as a historic moment f...

Emily Halvorson, center, of Washington, with Planned Parenthood, joins groups of abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists as they rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two weeks have passed since the Supreme Court’s extraordinari...

The law firm that represented Maryland’s historically Black universities in a long-running lawsuit against the state is donating $12.5 million to colleges and nonprofits from the fees it was awarded when the case settled. The Kirkland & Ellis firm, led by attorney Michael D. Jones, represented alumni and supporters of Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities as they challen...

NOT-SO-HORRIBLE BOSSES - What’s the matter with these kids today? Suddenly it’s not OK to berate, intimidate, manipulate and humiliate young lawyers in the workplace? Apparently, as Law.com’s Patrick Smith reports, that management style doesn’t work anymore. Believe it or not, current partners and practice leaders say fear-based bullying tactics are counterproductive with younger generations ...

Law school graduates tend to have little trouble securing a respectable salary once they graduate, but most enter the workforce saddled with student debt. According to a recent American Bar Association (ABA) survey, 90% of respondents left law school with student loans, owing an average of $130,000. To reduce the amount you have to borrow for your education, consider alternative funding optio...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Typically, students who live within 1.5 miles of school are not offered transportation by their school district. Instead, many have to walk—some of them in areas with high crime rates and vacant buildings. In an effort to make sure students are safe and are getting to school on time, a new law will reimburse school districts for transportation costs in areas deemed chi...