Working on Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day? It depends on where your job is
16 states and the territory of American Samoa still observe the second Monday in October as an official public holiday exclusively called Columbus Day.
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16 states and the territory of American Samoa still observe the second Monday in October as an official public holiday exclusively called Columbus Day.
Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.
Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.
Despite somewhat better feelings about the economy, Americans’ collective mood is much the same as it was ahead of the last two general elections.
The Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in the Hobby Lobby case says “closely held” corporations can have religious rights that need to be respected. What was it talking about?
As President Obama prepares to make a “major” speech on the economy today, our past reports describe the challenges the middle class has faced in the past decades.
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