August 1, 2019

Meanwhile. . .


 In hopes of pressuring Trump to make his tax returns public, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill requiring all presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release their 5 most recent tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.
 
Despite gains in the job market, black workers are falling behind in wages, recent economic research has found. For instance, before the Great Recession, black college grads earned the same as their white counterparts, but in 2018, they earned 17 percent less. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has called the persistent wage gap between white and black workers "troubling."


 Federal judge rejects Medicaid work requirements in New Hampshire

Cuomo signs bill banning teachers from bringing guns to school

Woodstock 50 festival officially off due to 'series of unforeseen setbacks'

21% of girls in middle and high school reported being bullied online or by text message in the 2016-17 school year, compared with less than 7% of boys," the AP notes, citing Department of Education data.

67% say US shouldn't pay reparations for slavery

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gov. Gavin Newsom article in AXIOS:
https://www.axios.com/new-california-law-targets-trumps-tax-returns-primary-ballot-eligibility-f0b21d90-95a5-4dde-b03e-4d2310a4d372.html