by Katharine Bohrs | Oct 16, 2020 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, LGBTQ Rights, Sex Equality
In June of this year in its Bostock v. Clayton County decision, the Supreme Court held for the first time that Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination in employment also prohibits discrimination against an individual based on their sexual orientation or...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Sep 23, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Human Rights, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Photo by noah eleazar on Unsplash The Problem: America’s Treatment of Black Trans Women Violence against Black trans women has been accurately described as “a pandemic within a pandemic.” This summer, six Black trans women, all under the age of 32, were murdered in...
by Annamarie Forestiere | May 1, 2020 | Amicus, Human Rights, Legislation, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality
Photo by Luke Jones on Unsplash Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic just a few short months ago, the entire world has been in an uproar. Globally, the virus has killed over 200,000 people, and has infected over 2.8 million. The virus has had a staggering negative...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Apr 29, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Executive Branch, Legislation, Sex Equality
Photo by lucia on Unsplash The past decade has seen women making great strides in the realm of politics. During the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton was the first woman in history to be nominated for President of the United States by a major political party...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Nov 26, 2019 | Amicus, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Second Amendment, Sex Equality
Photo by Bo Harvey on Unsplash Gun Violence 101: Gun Violence is a Problem It should come as no surprise that America has a gun violence problem. The number of deaths in the United States caused by guns has been steadily rising for the last five years, and in 2019...
by Jesse Schwab | Nov 25, 2019 | Amicus, Legislation, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Earlier this year, California enacted SB 41, a bill which prohibits “the estimation, measure, or calculation of past, present, or future damages for lost earnings or impaired earning capacity resulting from personal injury or wrongful death from being reduced based on...