How Unpaid Interns Aren’t Protected Against Sexual Harassment
It’s not just about a paycheck. Federal laws protecting workers against discrimination and sexual harassment often don’t apply to unpaid interns.
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Thousands of California Inmates on Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement
Here are their five demands.
The Supreme Court’s Week in Review: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
Yes, the historic ruling on same-sex marriage was a triumph, but the Roberts Court has done major damage this week to the project of civil rights.
Once and for All: Gay Marriage Is Not Bad for Kids
This morning's landmark Supreme Court decisions put an end to a flawed argument DOMA supporters have been making for 16 years.
Is California About to Embark on a Gigantic New Experiment in Public Education?
Jerry Brown’s education plan asks, “Why not just give poor schools more state money—and authority over how to spend it?” His idea mirrors some of the most promising new theories of global development.
Where Have All the Protesters Gone?
Why didn't the biggest protests in world history have a signal effect in stopping the Iraq War? Ten years later, one sociologist argues it's because the crowds had an aversion to party politics.
Golden Dawn Doing Irony Now
Among the new breed of politicians with a sense of humor, go ahead and add, reluctantly, Greek Nazis.…
We Can Do Better on Disability Rights
Opinion: A professor of disabled-rights law argues that U.S. Senate efforts to block ratification of a United Nations treaty confirming those rights is seriously wrong-headed.
UK Study of Racial Discrimination Curiously Racial
A study of bias in immigration policy by researchers at the UK’s Bristol University concludes that treatment of…
‘Orcas as Slaves’ Argument Sinks
An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there's no legal precedent establishing them as persons.