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Risa Goluboff

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The Forgotten Law That Gave Police Nearly Unlimited Power

The vagrancy law regime regulated so much more than what is generally considered “vagrancy.”

by Risa Goluboff via TIME on February 1, 2016

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Dinkytown minimum wage march-Raise the minimum wage protesters at a McDonalds restaurant

The Birth of the Minimum Wage

On the legal background to the federal minimum wage, established by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

via BackStory on August 29, 2014

What Is Loitering, Really?

America’s laws against lingering have roots in Medieval England. The goal has always been to keep anyone “out of place” away.

by Ariel Aberg-Riger via CityLab on May 21, 2018

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