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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

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1977: Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed by a UN conference held to address discrimination against Native Americans. In the case of Columbus, the divide between people and policy still appears quite large according to search interest. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday.

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What to expect if the EPA revokes this key part of U.S. climate policies

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The Court emphasized that the endangerment finding was a scientific determination and rejected a laundry list of policy arguments made by the George W. In fact, he relied on it in proposing the Affordable Clean Energy Rule to replace President Barack Obamas Clean Power Plan for regulating emissions for coal-fired power plants.

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What will happen with the Equal Rights Amendment under Trump?

Fast Company Tech

When Congress proposed the ERA in 1972, they made it a conditional proposal to add language to the Constitution, if and only if, it was ratified within seven years, says Stephen E. In Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico, state ERAs were used to protect public funding for abortion. However, there are skeptics.

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Senators question Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s Labor Department pick, on her past pro-union views

Fast Company Tech

During her opening statement, Chavez-DeRemer described the proposed law as imperfect. If confirmed, my job will be to implement President Trumps policy vision,” Chavez-DeRemer said. If confirmed, Chavez-DeRemer would be in charge of the Department of Labors nearly 16,000 full-time employees and a proposed budget of $13.9