How to Disclose a Disability to Your Employer (and Whether You Should)
From today’s New York Times: If you, like thousands of others, live with a visible or invisible disability, here’s what you need to know if you want to tell your…
Why Gay Rights Is a Republican Value
From today’s New York Times: Conservatives support freedom, which is why they should oppose job discrimination against LGBTQ Americans. This week, more than 2,000 signatories — members of Congress, women’s…
The Supreme Court May Erode Decades of Wins for LGBT Worker Rights
From today’s Bloomberg Business Week: For two decades, most of the LGBT movement’s highest-profile victories have come at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2003 the justices issued a ruling legalizing…
SCOTUS To Hear Cases On Title VII Protections For LGBTQ Employees
From today’s NPR News Online: The Supreme Court has accepted three cases that ask whether federal anti-discrimination laws should apply to sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace, putting…
Amendment 4 restored voting rights to felons In FL–Now that’s back in doubt
From today’s NBC News Online: Desmond Meade thinks he may have talked to more Floridians about felon voting rights than anyone else. Since 2009, he has put thousands of miles…
Supreme Court Sides With Colorado Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker on Monday in a closely watched case pitting gay rights against claims of religious freedom. Justice Anthony…
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Teachers’ strikes: meet the leaders of the movement marching across America
From today’s The Guardian: When teachers in West Virginia went on strike in February, there was little indication that a swath of other states would follow suit. But that action…
Title VII of Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Workers, Federal Appeals Court Rules
From today’s New York Times: A federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled on Monday that federal civil rights law bars employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation. The case, which…
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MLK Day 2018, A Time to Reflect on Socio-Economic Injustice In All Forms
In honor of MLK Day, we post a short educational video here with excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Baldwin that draw the connection between racial injustice and…
KY Gets OK To Require Work From Medicaid Recipients, Most Already Do
From National Public Radio: Poor residents in Kentucky will have to work or do volunteer work if they want to keep their Medicaid benefits after the Trump administration on Friday…