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Wells Fargo Fires Woman For Shoplifting 40 Years Ago

Posted 05.08.2012

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Imagine getting fired for a crime you committed not one, not two, not three, but four decades ago. That’s what happened to one Milwaukee woman....

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EEOC Updates Civil Rights Protections on Criminal Background Checks for Employment

Michelle Natividad Rodriguez | Posted 05.01.2012

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The EEOC's timely and necessary update to the guidance sent a strong and clear message about how and why criminal records checks run afoul of Title VII, and what employers can do to meet their business needs without discriminating against qualified job applicants.

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Updated EEOC Policy Forces Employers To Give Fair Shot To Ex-Offenders

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 04.27.2012

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Kenneth Wilson has been looking for a job for more than two and a half years. But every single job interview that he's had seems to start and end the ...

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Criminal Background Checks Upend Job Search For Some Unemployed

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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First, the college sent a letter. It welcomed Curtis Andrews, Ed.D, Ph.D, to its adjunct faculty. A few days later, the emails about faculty orien...

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Why Colleges Should Run Background Checks on Student Athletes

S. Daniel Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Making sure we don't recruit dangerous felons to be student athletes is a common sense piece of the puzzle in protecting campus communities and is something that should be put in place as soon as possible.

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Americans Can't Agree on Guns? Wrong.

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the major old assumptions in the media and in Washington is that the gun issue is one that hopelessly divides Americans. But a new poll shows a remarkable consensus among Americans on gun issues.

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GOP's Quest for an Honest Man -- Or Even One Without a Shady Past

Ellen Dumm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Criminal Background Checks, Dick Wadhams, Republican Leadership, Colorado-Gop-Assembly, Scandal, Colorado Republican Party, Crime, 2010 Midterm Elections, Colorado Legislature, Gop, Scott McInnis, Denver News

This year's crop of GOP legislative candidates looks like the Colorado's Most Wanted. In their eagerness to do battle over the legislature, the Colorado GOP leadership confused toughness with thuggery.

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Could You or a Loved One End Up Like Elizabeth Smart?

Janet Kinosian | Posted 11.17.2011

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Do you know who enters your home to install a stove-top, carpet, re-model a kitchen, retro-fit your windows? Think about it for a moment. To whom are ...

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11 Years After Columbine, It's Time for Congress to Act

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Mark Udall, Gun Show Loophole, Firearms, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich, Gun Show Undercover, Gun News, Jim Webb, Background Checks, Guns, Gun Violence, Criminal Background Checks, Susan Collins, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Gun Shows, Mark Warner, Gun Crime, Politics News

The Gun Show Loophole is not a theoretical concern. Far too often, these illegal sales made through this loophole are arming criminals, leading to the deaths of innocent victims.

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Background Check iPhone App: 'Date Check' App Searches Assets, Criminal Records (VIDEO)

switched.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The soon to be released 'Date Check' is a free app that lets you perform basic background checks on potential mates. While the app itself is free, the...

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Between a Rock and a Criminal Background Check

Alden Loury | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ex-Felons, Expungement, Criminal Justice, Illinois State Police, Lisa Madigan, Criminal Background Checks, Illinois Criminal Record Expungement, Illinois State Police Expungement, Chicago News

If a judge deems an ex-felon reformed enough to limit access to their criminal conviction, why should the Illinois State Police stand in the way?

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Obama And McCain: Address Gun Violence In America

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Tonight, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will debate each other in a town hall at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This time, unlike...

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