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By Leo Shane III  Thursday, May 22, 2025 After years of hearing cost complaints from lawmakers, advocates believe they have finally reached a funding solution for their major disability reform plan, providing thousands of dollars a year to 54,000-plus wounded veterans nationwide. Actually, they think the White House found the answer for them. “In March, Veterans Affairs leaders announced contract terminations that…

Federal policy prevents around 50,000 injured veterans from receiving both their full retirement pay and disability compensation. May 26, 2025, 4:37 PM CDT / Updated May 27, 2025, 11:56 AM CDT By Melanie Zanona WASHINGTON — When Army veteran Dan Nevins was forced to medically retire from the military after losing both his legs in combat, he thought he’d…

By Daniel Wiessner May 22, 2025 11:19 AM CDT May 22 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cannot require employers to provide accommodations to employees who get abortions, striking down a rule adopted during the administration of Democratic former President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge David…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Updated 3:59 PM CDT, March 6, 2025 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination remains deeply embedded in economies and societies. The report released Thursday by…

By  MARÍA VERZA Updated 7:08 PM CDT, May 15, 2025 MEXICO CITY (AP) — All of a sudden, women contacting one of the biggest sources of information about abortion in Mexico through the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence. The nongovernmental organization’s business account had been blocked. Weeks later, a similar digital blackout struck a collective…

Jerry Cornfield May 16, 2025 / 10:45 am A new law triggered by a lawsuit will ensure public school students in Washington are offered special education instruction until they are 22 years old. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed legislation this week to extend the length of a student’s eligibility to the end of the school year in which they turn…

Our Rescue  May 22, 2025, 14:01 ET In a united effort to support survivors of sex trafficking in the U.S., Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to renovate and complete construction of a new “Hope House” – a Recovery House for Survivors at 1192 Melrose Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility will serve as a…

By Anna Rubenstein May 02, 2025 Colleges and universities across Massachusetts moved swiftly to change policies and offer new services to international students affected by the Trump administration’s whiplash actions against their visas. From free legal advice to remote study options and emergency financial aid, several schools recently crafted what some educators and lawyers described as “contingency…

By Collin Binkley and Jocelyn Gecker Updated May 06, 2025 Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday. The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard’s president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump’s battle with the Ivy League school.…

Ansley Baker said she was forced from the women’s restroom when a security guard banged on the stall door and asked for her ID. By Molly Farrar May 8, 2025 The woman who says a security guard at a Boston hotel accosted her in the women’s bathroom and accused her of being a man filed a complaint with…