Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit The idea of arming teachers opens up a great big can of worms that just doesn’t make sense based on what we know. Americans are told regularly by politicians that gun control is a “controversial” and “nuanced” concept with lots of moving parts. But is it, really? When […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Extreme gerrymandering of a redistricting map drawn out by the Republican-dominated State Legislature of Wisconsin has been struck down in Federal court. The New York Times reports that the latest redistricting map of Wisconsin has been declared unconstitutional by a three judge panel in the United States District […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit In an ironic twist of fate, conservative anti-feminist and anti-union activist Phyllis Schlafly passed away on Labor Day. I have written about Schlafly in several blogs, on FB and in my book American Woman: The Poll Dance. I spoke ill of her while she was alive. I have […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit North Carolina asks the Supreme Court to set aside a recent appeals court ruling ending discriminatory practices by the state. North Carolina filed an emergency appeal seeking to apply several provisions of its 2013 election law to the November 2016 elections despite a blistering opinion delivered in July […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Massachusetts’ new equal pay law unanimously passed the state legislature, and Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed it into law. Massachusetts has not only become the first state to ban employers from asking potential employees about their salary histories, the state also bans salary secrecy between employees and mandates that employers […]