Not knowing where to go when you have to go
The Obama administration is voicing its support for Gavin Grimm, a sixteen-year-old transgender boy who was recently told by a federal judge that he is not allowed to use the boy’s bathroom.
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DOJ Makes Revisions to Cell-Site Simulator Policy and Broadens Warrant Requirements for Cell Phone Surveillance: What Does This Change Mean to You?
The United States Department of Justice’s announces that it will begin requiring federal agents to obtain a warrant before using cell-site simulator.
H-2 Visa: Modern Slavery
The implications of the United States’ H-2 visa program.
Undocumented Woman Arrested as She Waits to See Her Doctor for Painful Cyst
The arrest of undocumented Mexican citizen, Blanca Borrego, implicates HIPPA laws and the need for immigration reform.
Planned Parenthood continues to receive federal funding despite GOP’s continued attacks
Despite the fact that Planned Parenthood is prohibited by law from receiving federal funding to provide abortion services, anti-abortion Republican lawmakers threatened to shut down the federal government in order to defund the organization, which provides a variety of necessary health care services for women who are unable to afford them otherwise.
Regardless of your gender identity, you have the right to remain in the country
Federal court rules that a Mexican transgender citizen is protected from deportation under the UN Convention against Torture.
What Could the Lawsuit Against The Organization Responsible for the Controversial Planned Parenthood Videos Have on Activist Efforts?
While the lawsuit against the organization responsible for releasing the recent controversial Planned Parenthood videos attempts to prevent the further release of similar videos and the release of abortion care service providers, its affect on the larger-scale issue is unknown.
From Subway to federal prison: Jared Fogle set to plead guilty for sexually exploiting children
Indiana State Police and FBI investigations reveal Former subway representative, Jared Fogle, actively participated in possessing and distributing child pornography along with traveling to different states and countries to engage in sexual acts with minors.
Sound the death knell of discrimination—the Equality Act will protect you
Congressional Democrats introduce a new bill, the Equality Act, which seeks to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and provide sweeping protections for sexual and gender minorities across America.
Lawsuit over teen used as rape-bait can proceed
A federal appeals court allows a lawsuit against an Alabama school board to continue in regards to a 14-year-old female student who was used by a school employee in a plot to catch another student deemed to be an alleged sexual predator.
Proposed Overtime Regulation Changes May Positively Affect Many Americans: Will a Hard Day’s Work Actually Mean a Fair Day’s Pay?
Though there has been no change to the “duties test,” Department of Labor proposed overtime regulation changes may permit nearly five million workers in 2016 to have access to overtime protections.
Fifth Circuit rules strict Texas voter ID laws violate Voting Rights Act
A federal appeals court found that exceedingly strict voter ID laws in Texas violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 due to the laws’ disparate impact on minorities.
The next step in the LGBTQ movement may have a leg up
The EEOC ruled to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation as an interpretation of workplace gender bias.
May I vote please?
The systematic change in North Carolina election laws and the lasting impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
“A nation of second chances”: President Obama commutes 46 sentences
In his push to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system, President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 inmates who are currently incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses, making him the president who has commuted the most sentences in more than 40 years.