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The boy's cuffing and subsequent mental evaluation is raising questions about what the appropriate response is when a minor acts out.
Instagram fitness model and personal trainer Jen Selter was removed from an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York after a dispute with crew members.
Kennedy, chairman of the Congressional Transgender Equality Task Force, hopes to send a message to President Trump on his proposed transgender military ban.
Kennedy, chairman of the Congressional Transgender Equality Task Force, hopes to send a message to President Trump on his proposed transgender military ban.
Chelsea Manning, who's running for a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, is part of a growing cohort of LGBTQ candidates seeking public office this year.
Chelsea Manning, who's running for a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, is part of a growing cohort of LGBTQ candidates seeking public office this year.
Recording Academy President Neil Portnow responded to the hashtag #GrammysSoMale by saying that women needed to "step up."
Recording Academy President Neil Portnow responded to the hashtag #GrammysSoMale by saying that women needed to "step up."
The Cleveland Indians will remove the Chief Wahoo logo that most Native Americans find racist from its baseball caps and jerseys staring in the 2019 season.
The Lilly Ledbetter Act Is Still Necessary to Fight Pay Disparity
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Nine years ago today, then-President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, restoring working women’s right to sue over pay discrimination. It was the first piece of legislation enacted during his presidency, and he noted the significance of the moment: "It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign...we are upholding one of this nation’s first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness."
Lilly Ledbetter, the law’s namesake, had blazed a trail forward in the spirit of that fundamental idea. After two decades of hard work at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.’s Gadsden, Alabama, plant, she learned that she was making thousands less than her male counterparts. Over the course of her career, she had lost out on more than $200,000 in wages—plus even more in retirement benefits. She challenged Goodyear’s discriminatory actions, eventually taking her case to the U.S. Supreme Court and the halls of Congress.
Her journey led to a major step forward in the fight for...
