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Will the Pandemic Change How the Federal Government Provides Support to Children and their Families?

by Ava Cilia | Mar 25, 2021 | Amicus, Legislation, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended households across the country and exacerbated long-existing income inequalities. As has been well documented, not all have felt the effects of the pandemic and its corresponding economic crisis the same. Women, caregivers, and...

U.S. Department of Education Sends Mixed Messages on Bostock’s Application to Transgender Students Under Title IX

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...

America’s War on Black Trans Women

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...

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the War on Women

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...

“I’d Vote for a Woman, Just Not That Woman:” Barriers Faced by Women in Politics

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...

Ignoring the Intersectionality of Gun Violence

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...