New Poll: Seven in Ten Young Adults Support Gay Marriage

    Support for same-sex marriage is now seemingly a wide held belief among adults born after 1980 as 70 percent claim that they believe lesbian women and gay men should be able to marry.   These results were released today from Pew Research; the poll showed millennial support for same sex marriage far outpaces ...

Game Changer: Staples to Start Selling 3-D Printers

    3-D Printers, the next generation of printers, have officially gone mainstream as consumers can now procure one from Staples for $1,300.    Staples claims it is the first major retailer in the United States to sell a 3-D printer. Staples began selling the Cube, created by 3D systems on the staples ...

It’s Official: Rhode Island becomes the 10th State to Pass Marriage Equality Laws

      Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee just signed the state’s marriage equality bill into law in a riveting ceremony on the steps of the Rhode Island State House. The marriage equality bill passed the Rhode Island state House earlier this morning with unanimous bipartisan support.    The ...

White House Report: The Employment Situation in April

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Boy Scouts of America Offer New Resolution Regarding Acceptance of Gay Members

    Last week, the Boy Scouts of America Executive Committee offered a policy that would establish a nondiscrimination policy to eliminate its longstanding discriminatory ban on gay Scouts, while maintaining several discriminatory practices in place for lesbian and gay parents, employment opportunities, and Scout leaders ...

SEC Charges Two Mutual Funds for Inaccurate Disclosures about Decisions on Behalf of Shareholders

    The United States Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the gatekeepers of two mutual fund trusts with misleading disclosures regarding the factors they deemed when renewing or approving investment advisory contracts.  A decent percentage of trusts are created as turnkey fund operations that launch ...

Sign of things to come: Jobless Claims Dip to 5-Year Low

    After rising as high as 670,000 during the financial crisis, weekly jobless claims are currently at around half of that level. First-time claims for unemployment insurance dropped to their lowest mark in five years last week, providing positive signs that fewer layoffs are taking place in the strengthening economy ...

Dr. Erma Vizenor on Tackling Domestic Violence in the White Earth Nation

President Obama signed into law in March the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, marking a huge step forward for domestic violence victims everywhere. This new legislation offers more than the earlier version, which was enacted in 1994, in that it creates and expands federal programs that assist victims of domestic violence ...

Discussing Evolving Family Roles and Overcoming the Odds.

Washington, DC—After getting started as a prosecutor, Gregory Nugent made a shift into divorce and family law.  He didn't just dip his toes in the water—he dove right in. “The first case I handled in family law was a complicated case that involved spousal support, custody, and even business and property,” ...

Jim Gilchrist of The Minuteman Project on Immigration Reform

The so-called bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators have come up with legislation that they claim will change our immigration system for the better. This legislation would allow more legal immigrants to enter the country over the next decade, strengthen border security, award more visas based on education and professional credentials ...

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