We Talked to the Lawyer Fighting for the Right to Be Trans at Work
From today’s Vice Media: At this point, many Americans are familiar with what happened to Aimee Stephens: For years, she was a valued employee at a funeral home. Then, in…
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The American Economy Is Creating a National Identity Crisis for Workers
From today’s New York Times: Europeans often describe the United States as a great place to buy stuff but a terrible place to work. They understand the appeal of our…
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99 Years After Women’s Suffrage, the Fight for the Vote Continues
From today’s Time Magazine: The observance of Women’s Equality Day on Monday marks the 99th anniversary of the day the 19th Amendment, extending the vote to women, entered the Constitution…
The Consumer Bureau’s Reckless Plan for Debt Collection
From today’s Wired Magazine: WE LEARN IN email 101 that hyperlinks from unfamiliar senders are breeding grounds for scams. Microsoft has warned against clicking on foreign links for decades. The Federal…
Democrats Are Getting Very Serious About the Native American Vote
From today’s New York Times: What do the 573 federally recognized nations of American Indians and Alaska Natives all have in common? A never-ending need for lawyers. The Frank LaMere Native American Presidential…
State of the Unions: What happened to America’s labor movement?
From today’s New Yorker Magazine: Do you have rights at work? Franklin Delano Roosevelt thought you did. In 1936, while trying to haul America’s economy out of the bog that…
Federal consumer agency hires exec in complaint-ridden Pa. firm as watchdog
From today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: So far this year, more than 1,000 student borrowers have complained to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in Washington about the practices of an obscure…
Groups slam new Trump rule allowing federal contractors to bar LGBT workers
From today’s CBS News Online: In its latest rollback of key safeguards for LGBTQ civil rights, the Trump administration intends to remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people by adding religious exemptions to…
What to Do at Work When You Feel Uninspired
From today’s New York Times: It’s an inevitable part of having a job: At some point we all feel a little uninspired. Maybe you’re not crazy about a new project,…
Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote
From today’s New Yorker Magazine: mong the many issues currently polarizing American politics—abortion, climate change, health care, immigration, gun control—one of the most consequential tends to be one of the…