Equal Rights
Examine the ongoing fight for equal rights through a range of features on workplace discrimination, same-sex marriage, and more.
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How Women Business Leaders Deal with Gender Bias
Gender bias is still a problem in the workplace, despite decades of attention to the issue.
· 4 min read
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Women Are Crushing the Gender Pay Gap
These women business leaders are helping ensure that no pay disparities happen on their watch.
· 3 min read
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Five Biggest Sexual Harassment Cases
Even though we're still wrestling with this issue, a look back at the history of sexual harassment shows how far we've come as a society.
· 4 min read
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Disabled and in Jail: The Disability Rights of Prisoners
How far-reaching is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
· 3 min read
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Who Is Hamdan? the Case of Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld
In November 2001, then-President George Bush, as part of his war on terror, issued an executive order which authorized the trial of those persons considered "enemy combatants" via military commission. Bypassing Congress, Bush's order was clear that these "foreign nationals" would have no ability to "invoke rights under any other body of law, U.S. or international" and that "justice was to be dispensed swiftly, close to where our forces may be fighting, without years of pretrial proceedings or post-trial appeals."
· 4 min read
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The Facts About Age Discrimination
Learn how to determine if you have been discriminated against and what you can do if age discrimination occurs at your employer.
· 4 min read
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Know Your Rights When It Comes to Job Discrimination
Job discrimination is absolutely illegal. If you believe you have been discriminated against, there is recourse available, both within your workplace and beyond.
· 4 min read
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Diplomatic Immunity: How Does It Work?
The tabloids have a field day with wayward ambassadors who claim immunity when they get nabbed for reckless driving. These stories hit the headlines and reinforce the public misperception that diplomatic immunity is a "get-out-of-jail-free" card for breaking the law overseas.
· 2 min read
