A ruling for the bakery owner in the so-called “cake case” before the Supreme Court could inflict untold harm on gay people, true religious liberty, and civil rights.
Ban the Box eliminates barriers between employers and qualified candidates. It’s a start to help people reenter society. But an unintended consequence reiterates the need to tackle a more pervasive problem: racial discrimination.
What sorts of amendments might we see at a new constitutional convention dominated by conservatives? To get a sense of the agenda, let’s consider what activists have promoted in resolutions and amendment proposals in recent years.
Jeannie’s story echoes that of a record number of women being held in prisons or on probation across the country. A recent conference shared new initiatives to address their particular challenges.
The recovery from hurricanes Harvey and Irma is likely to total more than $200 billion. Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry spent $1.4 billion in the past decade telling the federal government climate change didn’t exist.