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Limiting SNAP Benefits Would Be Cruel and Unjust
The push to further restrict SNAP benefits for childless unemployed and underemployed adults would cause hardship and increasing food insecurity for people who are extremely poor and often not eligible for other forms of assistance while unemployed.
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Freelance Isn’t Free
A recently enacted law in New York City protects freelance workers regardless of immigration status. The law is intended to help solve an all too common problem faced by freelancers: non-payment or late payment for their work.
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Self-Care in the Workplace: If you don’t make time to stay healthy, you better leave time to be sick.
Self-care has always been a necessary survival skill for public interest lawyers. But the attacks and uncertainty under the current administration have resulted in a more urgent need to prioritize self-care. Our well-being – and that of our clients – depends on it.
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Marching in Fear and Hope
I marched in March for Your Lives as a mother who fears for her daughters’ lives and futures, and as a public interest lawyer who knows that gun violence disproportionately affects the most marginalized and vulnerable among us.
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Technical Error Leaves NY Seniors Out in the Cold
We need to make sure that seniors with reverse mortgages are given the same opportunities to save their homes from foreclosures that conventional mortgage holders have.
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The Consequences of DACA Repeal, Especially for Women
The potential consequences of DACA repeal are significant. If Congress is unable to reach a permanent solution, DACA recipients will continue to live in uncertainty. For women, the ramifications could be especially severe.
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Legal Help for Female Veterans
Too often, the public is largely unaware of what goes on behind the scenes for our dedicated military personnel. The Department of Defense estimates that about 8,600 women and 6,300 men were sexually assaulted in our armed forces in 2016.
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America’s Children
If Congress does not act quickly and create a plan, the lives of 800,000 DACA recipients and the millions of family members who depend upon them will be thrown into chaos and uncertainty.
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