Pentagon caught off guard by Trump’s ban on transgender troops
By Vera Bergengruen | McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)
July 26, 2017
The Pentagon was blindsided by President Donald Trump's announcement on Wednesday that his administration would block transgender people from the U.S. military, and the Defense Department has no idea yet how it will affect troops already serving. The president's declaration on Twitter, saying transgender...
Column: Broken contracts harm passengers’ rights
By Christian Snyder, Columnist
April 21, 2017
Everyone has their price — even the guy on his way to a funeral, a retired United Airlines pilot said in the face of the airline’s recent viral controversy. But United simply couldn’t figure that price out last week. The airline chose four passengers, at random, to involuntarily bump from a United...