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Lawsuit Seeks to End Housing Voucher Discrimination

In 2015, Texas became the only state in the country to pass a law protecting a landlord’s ability to refuse to accept housing vouchers. A new federal lawsuit filed last week alleges that law is unconstitutional and violates the Fair Housing Act.


Spinal Tap Crew Joins Harry Shearer’s $400 Million Suit Against Vivendi

This Is Spinal Tap actors Christopher Guest and Michael McKean and the mockumentary’s director Rob Reiner have joined co-star Harry Shearer’s lawsuit against the film’s rights holder Vivendi. “It’s impossible that Vivendi’s income from music sales and merchandising totaled just $179 over a more than 20-year period,” director says In October, Shearer filed a $125 million lawsuit against Vivendi, …


Flint Residents Call for End to Outrageous Bills for Water They Can’t Even Use

Flint Residents Call For End To Outrageous Bills For Water They Can’t Even Use by Bryce Covert Jan 28, 2016 12:05 pm CREDIT: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio Melissa Mays, a Flint resident who is demanding an end to bills for contaminated water Flint residents — who have been struggling with elevated levels of lead in their drinking water ever since the city switched its water source from Detroit to the …