Equity & Justice
The Public Leadership Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy and leadership center organized to explore and raise public awareness about key public policy issues of equity and justice and to develop public leaders who will improve the economic and social conditions of all Americans.
IdeaLog
It sure seems like a cover-up
Posted on April 11, 2018
On October 1, 2017, a gunman named Stephen Paddock killed 58 and injured more than 850 people who were attending a country music concert in Las Vegas. The murderer fired semiautomatic assault weapons, equipped...
Read MoreWe don’t need to overturn the Second Amendment to enact strong gun laws
Posted on March 28, 2018
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens recently wrote an op-ed calling for a constitutional amendment to repeal the Second Amendment. And he is correct that Justice Antonin Scalia’s majority ruling in District of...
Read MoreThe unholy misuse of “freedom” of religion
Posted on March 15, 2018
The radical right is engaged in political warfare to impose fundamentalist Christianity on all Americans. To be more specific, they are trying to enact laws and policies to: Allow businesspeople to refuse service to...
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Conversion Therapy, Using Technology, America’s Libraries and More
Posted on April 11, 2018
No Conversion Therapy for Minors Act: Sadly, some churches and families pressure children to participate in so-called conversion therapy, to turn them “straight.” But being LGBTQ is not a disorder and there is no...
Read MoreRight to Repair, Energy Storage Systems, Citizenship in the Census and More
Posted on March 28, 2018
Consumers’ Right to Energy Storage Systems Act: Thanks to Tesla and other high-tech companies, home battery systems are coming and many electric utilities are trying to stop them. Based on a groundbreaking new Colorado...
Read MoreReligious “Freedom,” Pharmacists Act, Environmental Justice and More
Posted on March 15, 2018
No Gag Rule on Pharmacists Act: This is one of the fastest-moving bills of 2018. Some health insurance and pharmacy benefits managers restrict pharmacists from telling customers how they can save money on certain...
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PLI quoted in Rewire about protecting Roe
Posted on March 22, 2018
New York Could Become the Latest State to Solidify ‘Roe’ Protections as Trump Looms by Auditi Guha The New York State Assembly passed the Reproductive Health Act passed last week, the latest step in a nationwide effort by...
Read MorePLI quoted in New York Times story on stun cuffs
Posted on March 12, 2018
To Control Inmates, Some Counties Try the Threat of Electric Shock by Jacey Fortin Many of the electric shock devices used by law enforcement are meant to be out of sight, but every once in...
Read MoreLetter to the Editor in the New York Times
Posted on February 11, 2018
In the Sunday New York Times To the Editor: We should not encourage lawmakers to decide where they stand on critical issues based on political expediency. Yet David Brooks tells Democrats that they should...
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