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Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill) is seeking to modify the unconditional ownership requirement for women-owned and minority-owned small businesses. Kelly has introduced the Women and Minority Equity Investment Act to make an adjustment to the existing Small Business Administration (SBA) programs with the intent of expanding venture capital access for participating…
Fate of Disabled Workers in Hands of Senate Republicans The House of Representatives voted 231-199 on Thursday passing the Raise the Wage Act to bump the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour incrementally over six years. The bill would also increase the subminimum wage for employees with disabilities, tipped…
“I’m Bald And I’m Beautiful” – Christie Valdiserri Sports Illustrated Swimsuit broke all kinds of barriers at this year’s fashion show. History was made as Halima Aden was the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in the SI Swimsuit 2019 fashion show, proving the showcase would have a…
We Should Have a Say in Our Fate When natural disasters hit, people with disabilities are often disregarded. This is why the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council announced a resolution that tackles the rights of people with disabilities in connection with climate change. The resolution calls for world leaders…
New York State legislators are heading toward the forefront of cracking down on workplace sexual harassment. They ended their 2019 session passing a plethora of expansions to the state’s existing workplace discrimination laws. Most notably, they removed the requirement for the harassment to be “severe or pervasive” in order for…
The American Medical Association (AMA) and other mental and health care organizations are supporting transgender individuals in demanding specific laws against workplace discrimination. A joint amicus brief the American Medical Association Litigation Center filed alongside 13 other organizations asked the United States Supreme Court to recognize the workplace discrimination transgender…
On one of the biggest nights in sports, one of its biggest inspirational figures got to address some of the most recognized athletes. Rob Mendez received the Jimmy V award for courage. He is just a junior-varsity football coach, but he is an inspiration because he has become who he…
Xavier University of Louisiana, which is located a mile from downtown New Orleans, has an enrollment of just under 3,000 students — but it’s having a major effect on the advancement of Black students and community members. The only historically Black Roman Catholic institution is a top producer among the…
California is now the first state to explicitly protect natural hairstyles in its anti- workplace discrimination laws. The aptly-named CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) acknowledges that hairstyles have racial and cultural implications and that Blackness has historically been ridiculed. In April, the California State…
As the fight to end subminimum wage continues on the federal level, movement is being made on the state and local levels to ban the practice of giving people with disabilities less than the minimum wage. In the last four years, the practice has been banned in New Hampshire, Maryland,…
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