The Obama administration will release its budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 in the next few weeks. This will be the first budget proposed since last summer’s agreement to raise the debt ceiling, which committed the federal government to reducing spending by $1 trillion over the next decade. No doubt the new budget will receive [...]
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Civil Rights Aren’t Free — Demand Funding for Enforcement!
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, affirmative action, Barack Obama, Department of Education, Department of Justice, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Equal Pay, Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs, politics, Sexual Harassment, Title IX, Washington D.C. on January 17, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Watch the Anita Hill Summit Live October 15
Posted in AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged #AnitaHill, @anitahill20, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Hunter College, Judiciary Committee, New York City, Senate, teenagers on October 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Twenty years ago this week, Professor Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill used to work for Thomas and felt it was her duty to share her experiences of sexual harassment in her workplace. In the end, Thomas was [...]
Supreme Court Begins a New Term
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, tagged 11th Amendment, AAUW, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Daniel Coleman, Daniel Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Family Medical Leave Act, Florida, FMLA, Healthcare reform, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ministerial exemption, Patient P, Supreme Court, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida, Wal-mart v. Dukes, Washington D.C. on October 3, 2011, | 3 Comments »
The Supreme Court begins its 2011–12 term today, its second full one with three women justices. This term should be a busy one for the court, as it’s expected to hear a wide range of cases that set far-reaching precedents, including three cases of interest to AAUW. The health care reform case will likely dominate [...]
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