Abortion Rights Are Under Attack, but Some States Are Fighting Back By Lily Herman It’s no secret that President Donald Trump, his administration, and Republican lawmakers are trying to dismantle women’s reproductive rights in 2017....
Fighting Back At The Texas Legislature: A Conversation With Katie Klabusich by Kit O’Connell [This is a description of part of the show. The entire podcast version is here.] Then, the show’s host, Katie Klabusich, and...
This is from our newly-published 3rd Edition of Voicing Our Values, which you can read here. The following questions are phrased from a relatively hostile point of view. Whether the questioner is actually hostile or...
Data Privacy Protection Act: The private records of millions of people have been compromised by individuals and corporations that have failed to protect electronic records in a manner consistent with industry standards. The Data...
Ban the Box Act: Over the past several years, more than 150 states, cities and counties have enacted legislation to remove from employment applications the check box that asks if the job candidate has...
** = new or updated legislation since our April report Civil Rights & Liberties The Montana House and Senate passed, and the Governor signed, HB147, which requires government agencies to get a warrant before accessing data...
This is from our newly-published 3rd Edition of Voicing Our Values, which you can read here. The following questions are phrased from a relatively hostile point of view. Whether the questioner is actually hostile...
1 Year After Supreme Court Win For Abortion Rights, What Has Changed? by Lucy Westcott On the morning of June 27, 2016, Aimee Arrambide sat at her computer, constantly refreshing law website SCOTUSBlog and...
So far in 2017, 133 abortion-out-loud bills have been introduced in 33 states and four localities, including the District of Columbia. Lawmakers in Michigan introduce ten abortion-out-loud bills all at once. The Michigan Progressive Women...
Community Service Ombudsman Act: At the city, county and state levels, nonprofit organizations provide a great deal of the social services that residents need. The Community Service Ombudsman Act creates an office of ombudsman...