The Family Regulation System: Why Those Committed to Racial Justice Must Interrogate It

The Family Regulation System: Why Those Committed to Racial Justice Must Interrogate It

by | Feb 17, 2021 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice

Photo credit: The Imprint This past summer, the broadest protests in U.S. history erupted in response to the murders of Black people, like Tony McDade, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, at the hands of law enforcement. Calls to defund the police and reinvest those...
Ending the 2020 Census Early is an Act of Violence Against Native Americans

Ending the 2020 Census Early is an Act of Violence Against Native Americans

by | Oct 21, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Executive Branch, Human Rights, Labor and Employment, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice

Photo by Enayet Raheem on Unsplash The Early Termination of the 2020 Census The Trump Administration has been pushing to end the 2020 Census early for months now. The Administration’s purported justification for its initial goal of a September 30th end date was that...
U.S. Department of Education Sends Mixed Messages on Bostock’s Application to Transgender Students Under Title IX

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

by | 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...