by | Dec 2, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Legal History, LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality
Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that legal observers predict will be the nail in Roe v. Wade’s gradually hollowed coffin. A majority of justices seemed poised to rule for the plaintiff-appellees in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
by | Nov 11, 2021 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Immigration, LGBTQ Rights, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Photo credit: Chicago Community Bond Fund Carceral pretrial approaches lack evidence of effectiveness—in fact, research identifies that commonplace strategies such as money bail, detention, and even mandatory drug testing hamper pretrial success. In addition, these...
by | 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...
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...
by | 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 | 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...
