Khalisa Rae Thompson had been a customer at multiple Aveda Salons for 15 years. A routine visit to an Aveda in Raleigh, N.C., would turn her otherwise good experiences with the chain into an eye-opening lesson on hair discrimination against Black women, according to ESSENCE. Thompson said she had previously…
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American Medical Association Supports Transgender Rights in Supreme Court Filing
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…
Black Voters in Mississippi Suing the State Over Jim Crow Laws That Suppress Black Candidates
All 122 seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives are up for election in 2019 and there is an upcoming election for governor that could totally remake the state’s redistricting process (if someone not white and Republican wins). Black voters in the state are not taking any chances. Four Black residents…