Jul 15 Feds issue new guidelines to protect pregnant workers By Tom Raum, Associated Press WASHINGTON — For the first time in 30 years, the federal government is issuing new guidelines designed to protect pregnant workers from on-the-job discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) update makes it clear that any form of workplace discrimination… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Struggle for justice by 'Central Park 5' culminates in $40 million settlement By PBS News Hour New York City will pay $40 million to five black and Latino men who 25 years ago were wrongly convicted of raping and beating a woman in Central Park. Their conviction was vacated in 2002, but it took until now… Continue watching
Jun 12 Do you remember the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? By Colleen Shalby Fifty years ago this July, President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted the Civil Rights Act. Do you remember its passage?… Continue reading
May 30 Colorado baker ordered to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples By Justin Scuiletti A baker in a suburb of Denver must make wedding cakes for same-sex couples despite his religious objections, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled Friday. Jack Phillips, owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, refused to make a wedding… Continue reading
May 28 Watch Remembering Maya Angelou's iconic voice By PBS News Hour Drawing on a childhood of abuse and segregation, writer and author Maya Angelou moved the nation. Works such as her 1978 poem, “And Still I Rise,” explored the effects of racism and sexism on personal identity, with a voice that… Continue watching
May 28 Watch From rough beginnings, respected writer and activist Maya Angelou made a remarkable journey By PBS News Hour Maya Angelou, one of the most respected cultural figures of her generation, has died at the age of 86. Her debut memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” made her one of the first bestselling African-American female authors. Jeffrey… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Is integration important to today's high school students? By PBS News Hour To mark the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision, we asked our network of Student Reporting Labs across the nation if integration should be a national goal. Here's a sampling of… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 60 years after Brown v. Board, school segregation isn't yet American history By PBS News Hour Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the question of how far we’ve come in eliminating segregated education is not a simple one. Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with Cheryl Brown Henderson of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity,… Continue watching
May 16 White House weighs legal implications of bringing Gitmo detainees onto U.S. soil By Donna Cassata, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Obama administration says that there are legal safeguards are in place in the event suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay are relocated to the United States and that detainees would be barred from receiving asylum and would have… Continue reading
May 14 Watch 'All Our Names' tells story of war, love and identity across two continents By PBS News Hour Continue watching