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Dec 23, 2014

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  • Read more about Victory! Catholic School Held Accountable for Sex Discrimination
Emily Herx never imagined that she could lose her job for trying to get pregnant. But after working for more than seven years as a literature and language arts teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana, she was shocked to learn that her teaching contract would not be renewed: All because the in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment she was undergoing in an attempt to have a second child made her a "grave, immoral sinner" in the eyes of her religious employers.

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Dec 22, 2014

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  • Read more about Shut Up and Listen: Race and Justice in Schools

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Dec 22, 2014

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  • Read more about Why Can't I Use the Boys' Bathroom at School?
My family contacted the ACLU and is working with them to file a complaint with the Department of Justice in order to make Gloucester High School safer and more inclusive to transgender youth while hopefully encouraging other local schools to do the same.

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Dec 17, 2014

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  • Read more about To Apply or Not to Apply? That is the Question.
Immigration as a legal issue is so complicated in and of itself. But when you add people’s real-life experiences, it becomes even more so. So I think it is worthwhile for us to explore the answer to one of the most complicated questions: should I apply for an AB 60 license?

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Dec 16, 2014

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  • Read more about Victory! Abortion Coverage for Women in the Peace Corps
A long overdue budget fix will provide Peace Corps volunteers and trainees with abortion coverage in cases of life endangerment, rape, or incest – finally bringing their coverage in line with that of all other federal employees.

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Dec 16, 2014

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  • Read more about Detained for the Holidays
The mass detention of families is cruel, unnecessary, and unconstitutional. The Obama administration should stop using families as pawns and restore basic due process so that no mother or child is locked up arbitrarily.

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Dec 15, 2014

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  • Read more about Racial Injustice and Broken Systems

Families and communities across the nation are outraged, grieving, and taking to the streets.

Our hearts go out to the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men killed by police who have escaped justice.

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Dec 10, 2014

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  • Read more about New DOJ Profiling Guidance: LGBTQ-Inclusive, But Inadequate
With the backdrop of a national, youth-led movement demanding reform of a system of policing that too often approaches communities of color like an occupying force, the Department of Justice on Monday released updated profiling guidance for federal law enforcement agencies. The guidance is explicitly inclusive of both sexual orientation and gender identity – an aspect that is of critical importance given the far too frequent experiences of LGBTQ people, particularly LGBTQ people of color, with profiling and targeting by law enforcement. Unfortunately, the guidance as a whole – while taking some praiseworthy steps forward – is not an adequate response to the crisis of racial profiling in America.

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Dec 10, 2014

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  • Read more about As If! Women Aren’t Clueless, Even If Politicians Continue to Act That Way
Late last week, the Arkansas Medical Board initially voted 7-6 not to intrude into the relationship between women and their doctors. They declined to require medical providers to perform an ultrasound exam for a woman seeking abortion care, and then – regardless of the patient's wishes – to inform her if the exam detected a fetal heart tone.

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Dec 10, 2014

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  • Read more about Academic Freedom and the Right to Remain Anonymous Online
We are the founders of PubPeer.com, an online forum for scientific discussion of research scholarship. We and many of the users of our website are anonymous. That anonymity is important for free speech, for academic freedom, and for scientific inquiry. But it’s being threatened, which is why we’re going to court to defend the First Amendment right to anonymity.

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