bill of rights
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Colorado activists, lawmakers pursue bill of rights for home care workers
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Home care workers in Colorado are fighting for a bill of rights to assure better pay and working conditions for those who provide aging adult and disability care. State lawmakers and activists from Colorado Care Workers Unite and SEIU Local 105 gathered at the state Capitol Tuesday to demand the creation of a “Home Care…
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BIDLACK | What to do when rights collide? Over a wedding cake, for example
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Back when I was teaching political science at the Air Force Academy, about half way through the course we’d come to a lesson on the Bill of Rights and the conflicts inherent therein. I’d introduce the subject by asking my students about a hypothetical employer, who manufactured and sold the most neutral and non-political product…
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May: These not-so-united states
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In a truly diverse America, why shouldn’t Oregonians and Kansans have different values? The People’s Democratic Republic of Oregon. That has a kind of ring to it, don’t you think? The reason this phrase has crystallized in my mind: Just after it was confirmed that Donald Trump had defeated Hillary Clinton, a petition was submitted…
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May: The ideals of 1776
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Should we return to them – and can we? Andrew Roberts, one of the world’s great historians, took America to task just over one week ago. Let me rephrase that: He took Americans to task for what they – or rather we – are doing to these United States during an election season that often seems like a…
