House Votes to Make It Harder to Remove Speaker in Approving New Rules

The package also formally disbands the Diversity and Inclusion Office and restores gendered language to the House rules. A rules package that will make it harder to remove the House speaker was passed in the chamber along party lines on Jan. 3. The 215–209 vote happened hours after Republicans handed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) the

An Indian Entrepreneur Takes PayPal to Court Over A ‘Minority-Focused’ Investment Program That Didn’t Include Asians

On June 11, 2020, PayPal launched a $530 million program to invest in “minority-focused investment funds” and “address economic inequality.” One of the first people to inquire about the program was Nisha Desai, the CEO of Andav Capital. Born to Indian immigrants who had been expelled from Uganda during Idi Amin’s ethnic cleansing, Desai launched

Social Security Fairness Act set to get Biden’s signature

President Biden on Monday is expected to sign into law legislation extending full Social Security benefits to nearly 3 million U.S. retirees, according to advocates for the measure.  Decades in the making, the Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate two federal policies that prevent former police officers, firefighters, postal workers, teachers and others with a