Daniel Straus (right) labor law violator and philanthropist, with the president of NYU (center)
- Philanthropist, labor law violator, and all-around terrible human being Daniel Straus has subpoenaed the personal email of two NYU law students after they organized criticism of his labor practices. Daniel Straus, by the way, is an NYU law school trustee.
- It's a full-on work stoppage on Mt. Everest:
Scores of mountaineers were departing Mount Everest on Thursday after Nepalese officials failed to break an impasse with anguished Sherpa guides who want to halt climbing following last week’s devastating avalanche.
A meeting at Everest base camp between Sherpas and Nepalese government officials ended with no change in the Sherpas’ position: Most don’t want to scale the mountain this year out of respect for the 16 guides who were buried under the snow and ice Friday, and because of fears of more avalanches.
- Private prisons: Bad, or the worst?
The FBI has launched an investigation into the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) over the way it runs an Idaho prison that has such a reputation for violence that inmates dub it "Gladiator School."
The Nashville, Tenn.-based CCA has operated Idaho's largest prison for more than a decade, but last year, CCA officials acknowledged it had understaffed the Idaho Correctional Center by thousands of hours in violation of the state contract. CCA also said employees falsified reports to cover up the vacancies. The announcement came after an Associated Press investigation showed CCA sometimes listed guards as working 48 hours straight to meet minimum staffing requirements.
- One year after Bangladesh's Rana Plaza tragedy, has anything changed?
- Building trades unions may be flirting with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, but that's not where most unions are: