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What Law Professors Think About Legal Issues - and Why it Matters

A new study sheds interesting light on these questions.

Reason · Aug 10, 2022

We need to talk about monkeypox without shame and blame

The recent global outbreak of monkeypox largely among men who have sex with men has raised concerns homophobia will undermine effective prevention efforts. There are also fears the disease will fuel homophobic stigma and discrimination.

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2022

SA support service combatting workplace sexual harassment gets $2 million funding boost

A vital South Australian support service for women experiencing sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace has been given a $2 million funding boost.

ABC News · Aug 10, 2022

Two Practical Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions

As I mentioned last week, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments for…

Reason · Aug 9, 2022

Muslim men file lawsuit saying Alaska Airlines removed them for ‘texting in Arabic’

‘Our clients not only seek justice for themselves, but also for an entire community tired of being scapegoated to justify discrimination in air travel,’ says attorney

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

Hidden cameras show discrimination on Côte d’Azur private beaches, say activists

Footage includes white couple getting loungers shortly after couple of ‘north African appearance’ were told they were reserved

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022

Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions: The Employer's Sub-Constitutional Rights?

As I mentioned last week, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments for…

Reason · Aug 8, 2022

Fiji becomes first Pacific nation to recognise waste pickers as the world's invisible environmentalists fight to be seen

Despite playing a vital role in combating climate change and plastics pollution, waste pickers worldwide face discrimination and harassment. Now the fight is on to end the scavenger stigma.

ABC News · Aug 7, 2022

'We want our daughter to go to a Catholic school 18 miles away but the council won't pay for transport'

Matthew and Feodora Shearman have accused their local council of "discrimination" for not paying for transport to nearest Catholic secondary

Wales Online · Aug 7, 2022

‘Risks posed by AI are real’: EU moves to beat the algorithms that ruin lives

‘Black-box’ AI-based discrimination seems to be beyond the control of organisations that use it

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022