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In the News- Tom Perez deserves a vote for labor secretary - baltimoresun.com May 20, 2013
- The Struggle Continues 59 Years after 'Brown v. Board of Education' | NAACP LDF May 17, 2013
- Latinos condemn Republican opposition to Labor Secretary nominee May 17, 2013
- Perez Confirmation Saga Continues with Upcoming Committee Vote May 16, 2013
- Judge Declines to Block D.C. School Closures May 16, 2013
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- Committee Vote Sends President Obama’s Secretary of Labor Nominee Tom Perez to Full Senate May 21, 2013
- Jenny Yang Sworn In as EEOC Commissioner May 16, 2013
- The Leadership Conference Education Fund Releases New Report on Education Equity May 16, 2013
- Yes, the Lifeline Fund is Money Well Spent May 1, 2013
- Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Reintroduced in the 113th Congress April 25, 2013
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Category Archives: Research & Reports
Resources and Reports: Minimum Wage; Low-Wage Workers; The Cost of Voter ID; Ballot Reform; For-Profit Schools
Compiled by Rachel Barr National Employment Law Projects’ new report, “Big Business, Corporate Profits, and the Minimum Wage,” finds that, in most cases, the lowest-paid workers in the United States are employed by large companies instead of small businesses. It … Continue reading
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Tagged election laws, for-profit colleges, minimum wage, voter id
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Transgender People of Color Face Extreme Discrimination
Last year, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released a groundbreaking report, Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Study. The report reveals that transgender and gender non-conforming people face injustice in many places, including: … Continue reading
Report: Discriminatory Health Insurance Practices Cost Women $1 Billion a Year
With the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled to hear arguments next week on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) has released a report showing that women “continue to face unfair and discriminatory practices … Continue reading
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Tagged ethnic and racial disparities, health care, women
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Resources and Reports: LGBT Rights and Race; Alabama’s War on Immigrants; Bankruptcy Bias Hurts Blacks; Upgrading Voter Registration; Understanding Health Care & Technology
A roundup of new research and reports compiled by Victoria Samuels, a Spring 2012 intern The Leadership Conference Education Fund The Center for American Progress: “Jumping Beyond the Broom: Why Black Gay, and Transgender Americans Need More Than Marriage Equality” … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, health care, immigration, LGBT, voting rights
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Resources and Reports: Private Prisons, Anti-Immigrant Laws, Voting Rights, Criminal Justice Reform
Compiled by Sandy Thomas, a Spring 2012 intern The Sentencing Project’s latest report, “Too Good to be True: Private Prisons in America,” examines the recent increase in the use of private prisons and inspects their cost effectiveness. Among the report’s … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal justice, immigration, Prisons, voting rights
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Low-Income People Pay More State Taxes Than Richest 1 Percent
Infographic about the relative state tax burdens of the bottom 20 percent of earners and the top 1 percent. Continue reading
Per Pupil Spending in States Perpetuates Inequality for Disadvantaged Students
By Max Marchitello, Bill Taylor Fellow It comes as little surprise to education reform advocates that the recently published study on per pupil expenditure of state and local school funding distribution by the U.S. Department of Education reveals gross inequality … Continue reading
