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New Equal Employment Rulings Help Transgender, Ex-Offender Workers Get & Keep Jobs

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. May 3, 2012.

This week, the EEOC ruled that transgender workers are protected under the Civil Rights Act and laid out guidelines restricting criminal background checks.

The Plot to Demonize Black Youth -- And Their Mothers, Too

Kristin Rawls, AlterNet. April 6, 2012.

Are schools playing a key role in the criminalization of black children -- and their parents?

3 Ways Sex-Based Discrimination Harms the Economy

Julie Ajinkya, Center for American Progress. March 8, 2012.

Challenges to women’s economic participation in the economy exist not only in countries around the world, but also in the United States.

ABC Show, 'Work It,' Finds 'Humor' at Expense of Real Transgender People

Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin, AlterNet. December 12, 2011.

A new comedy on ABC makes light of the real discrimination faced by transgender people.

Study: False Perceptions Fuel Anti-Migrant Sentiments

Thalif Deen, IPS News. December 10, 2011.

The rising tide of anti-migrant sentiment worldwide is caused primarily by the biased, polarised and negative debate on migration, according to a new study released here.

Suspicious? Department of Justice Denies Guns to Medical Marijuana Patients, and the NRA is Silent

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 28, 2011.

The DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms are teaming up to deny medical marijuana users the the 2nd Amendment. For once, the NRA is nowhere to be found.

Wal-Mart's Women Workers Still Face Unfair Treatment, Low Wages, Struggle For Better Conditions

Candice Bernd, In These Times. July 15, 2011.

Despite a loss at the Supreme Court, Wal-Mart workers continue to fight for better treatment and equality for women in the workplace.

Beyond the Supreme Court: Other Strategies Needed to Fight Discrimination at Wal-Mart (and Other Corporations)

Rinku Sen, Colorlines.com. June 21, 2011.

The real lesson from the Wal-Mart decision is that Americans can’t rely on courts alone to check all forms of bias, especially the kinds that don’t require explicit direction.

Vast Homeland Security Network Fuels Arab and Muslim Bias

Jessica Barrow, New America Media. January 5, 2011.

"It is disturbing that the intelligence community equates Michigan as a location for potential terrorists simply because of our large Muslim population."

Pakistan: Women Who Choose to Cover Their Hair Encounter Job Discrimination and Social Awkwardness

Zofeen Ebrahim, IPS News. November 19, 2010.

Touba Naeem says that people assume that she is "not fun". Single at 27, she adds, "Hijab can be a potential detriment (to) good marriage proposals."

Do Attractive People Have a Harder Time Getting Hired?

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. July 12, 2010.

A new study suggests that attractive people may be at a disadvantage in certain workplace situations: specifically, if they are being evaluated by a member of the same sex.

Do I Look Undocumented To You?

Adam Luna, America's Voice. April 15, 2010.

We have a chance to stop racial profiling and discrimination, but only if we raise our voices now.

A Year After Ledbetter -- What’s Next for Fair Pay for Women?

Lilly Ledbetter, AlterNet. January 29, 2010.

One year ago today, Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, ensuring that workers can go to court to protest pay discrimination. Now it’s time for the next step.

Surprise! White-Minority Income Gap Continues to Widen

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. January 14, 2010.

What do you call a society that in a period of crisis leaves its weakest to fend for themselves, while rushing to the aid of its most powerful? The United States.

I Don't Believe in Marriage -- Here's Why I (Grudgingly) Got Married Anyway

Amy Williams, AlterNet. July 22, 2009.

I was tired of the blatant social pressure and disapproval. And even more tired of facing legal and economic discrimination.

Jimmy Carter Severs Ties With Southern Baptist Convention: "Many Male Religious Leaders Help Subjugate Women"

Jimmy Carter, Comment Is Free. July 21, 2009.

Carter: Sexism exhibited by male leaders conflicts "with my belief -- confirmed in the holy scriptures -- that we are all equal in the eyes of God."

Tales of How Big Corporations Are Screwing Americans Over

Amy R. Ramos, Miller-McCune.com. July 17, 2009.

Stagnant wages, sexual harassment, worsening benefits, horrible treatment: just a few of the problems faced by American workers in all industries.

It's Time to Drop "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- End of Story

Melissa McEwan, July 1, 2009.

Robert Gates said he wants to make DADT more humane; the only way to do that is 86 the policy altogether.

Right-Wingers React to Supreme Court Decision as Proof Sotomayor Is 'Indeed a Racist'

Digby, Hullabaloo. June 29, 2009.

The Right has long anticipated this ruling so as to spin it as proof of Sotomayor's incompetence, hatred of white people, etc.

Egypt's "Spinsters" Fight Against Stereotypes and Discrimination

Manar Ammar, Joseph Mayton, Women News Network. May 6, 2009.

Egyptian activists are speaking out against the "spinster" concept and calling for a re-examination of how the country views women.

Shocking: Today, Life in the South for Poor Latinos Is Pure Hell!

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 23, 2009.

A new study finds that "legal" and "illegal", "citizen" and "resident," are distinctions without difference for poorer Latinos in today's Deep South.

Sheriff Arpaio Under Investigation By U.S. Justice Department

Cara, Feministe. March 12, 2009.

"The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil-rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office."

The Rise of the Right: Europe's Scary Solution to Immigration

Handan T. Satiroglu, The Women's International Perspective. January 29, 2009.

Anti-immigrant sentiment is growing steadily across the continent.

We Are Witnessing the Remaking of America

Carol Jenkins, DELETED. January 22, 2009.

The American flag belongs to all of us now. My granddaughter, a biracial child, will grow up a part of this country's narrative, not the subtext.

Guess Which Corporate Suits Did the Most to Wreck the Economy? Men.

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. December 30, 2008.

America doesn't have enough women business executives for them to be visible, let alone destroy the economy.

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