The U.S. is in the middle of an opioid epidemic.According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2014 to 2015, overdose-related deaths from one opioid alone, heroin, increased by 20.6 percent, with nearly 13,000 people dying in 2015.Meanwhile, there remain no known ...
This is the time of year when workers expect even the stingiest boss to show a little heart. A proposal by the U.S. Labor Department, however, would make it easier for millions of restaurant owners to indulge their inner Scrooge.This month the department served notice that it intends to once ...
In October, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether it should limit politicians from tinkering with legislative district lines to advantage their own party. Partisan gerrymandering has become both increasingly sophisticated and increasingly anti-democratic, as parties cement their hold ...