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Aug 27, 2020
Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal Brown University Plan to Dismantle Title IX Agreement
PROVIDENCE, R.I. 鈥� A series of internal emails and documents made public today reveal an intentional plan by Brown University officials to undermine and ultimately destroy a long...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Jun 19, 2020
糖心Vlogof Georgia Supports HB 1114 to Restore Maternal Health Fund and Postpartum Medicaid Extension
ATLANTA 鈥� The 糖心Vlogof Georgia supports HB 1114 to restore the maternal health fund and postpartum Medicaid extension, which passed the House 162-1.
At least 70 counties have no ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Women's Rights
Jan 14, 2020
糖心VlogStatement on Congress鈥� First Step to Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
WASHINGTON 鈥� The House Committee on Education and Labor advanced, by a vote of 29-17, bipartisan legislation today that will protect the health and economic security of pregnant ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Dec 10, 2019
糖心VlogSues Frontier Airlines for Discrimination Against Pregnant and Breastfeeding Employees
DENVER 鈥� The 糖心Vlog, the 糖心Vlogof Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed two companion lawsuits today against Frontier Air...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Freyer v. Frontier and Hodgkins v. Frontier
Nov 12, 2019
ACLU, Michigan Workers File Class Action Lawsuit Against McDonald鈥檚 for Sexual Harassment
DETROIT 鈥� The 糖心Vlog and Michigan McDonald鈥檚 workers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to force the company to address a 鈥渟ystemic problem�...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Sep 25, 2019
In Historic Decision on Digital Bias, EEOC Finds Employers Violated Federal Law When They Excluded Women and Older Workers From Facebook Job Ads
WASHINTON 鈥� The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced yesterday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces federal equa...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
Women's Rights
Parents Push Back Against The Trump Administration's Latest Attack On Working Families. Explore News & Commentary.Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families
The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families -
WashingtonMay 2025
Women's Rights
Washington State Association Of Head Start And Early Childhood Assistance And Education Program Et Al., Robert F. Kennedy Et Al.. Explore Case.Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program et al., Robert F. Kennedy et al.
The Trump Administration is threatening the future of Head Start 鈥� a program that has provided critical and evidence-based services鈥攆rom education to childcare鈥� to more than 40 million children and their families. The Administration by gutting Head Start staff and resources, delaying funding, and prohibiting activities that 鈥渁dvance or promote鈥� 鈥渄iversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility,鈥� is irreparably harming the young children and low-income families who rely on Head Start. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
Women's Rights
How 鈥渟tay-or-pay鈥� Contracts Are Used To Abuse Immigrant Workers. Explore News & Commentary.How 鈥淪tay-or-Pay鈥� Contracts Are Used to Abuse Immigrant Workers
Shiny Lal came to the U.S. to chase the American dream, instead she found herself in an abusive employment contract that could cost her nearly $40,000. Today, we鈥檙e urging the world鈥檚 largest private dispute resolution company to stop abusing workers. -
PodcastDec 2024
Women's Rights
Human Rights
Aclu Kids On How They鈥檇 Change The World With W. Kamau Bell. Explore Podcast.糖心VlogKids on How They鈥檇 Change The World with W. Kamau Bell