Trump’s War on Data Could Quietly Erase LGBT Crime Victims
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice is looking to stop asking 16- and 17-year-olds about their sexual orientation and gender identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey. Critics say the move is a way for legislators to leave LGBT teens out of policy decisions. The twice-a-year national…
This Kafkaesque Nightmare Shows Just How Absurd the Travel Ban Is
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Editor’s Note: On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, Mother Jones asked readers to share their stories about how the ban has affected them. We’re following up with readers and publishing their stories. You can share your own story at the bottom of this…
A Federal Court Just Made a Big Decision About Transgender Rights
Vincent Yu/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a landmark decision on Wednesday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it is illegal for employers to discriminate against transgender workers under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Sharon McGowan, a lawyer for Lambda Legal, a LGBT-rights advocacy group, told Buzzfeed that the decision adds to…
Nancy Pelosi Just Endorsed a Congressman Who Opposes Abortion and Gay Rights
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Illinois Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski’s career is on life-support. The seven-term congressman from the Chicago area, who inherited his seat from his father, is facing a formidable primary challenge from businesswoman Marie Newman, whose campaign has been fueled by progressive anger…
Federal Appeals Court Finds Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination Is Illegal
People demonstrate outside the United States Supreme Court on the morning of oral arguments in a major LGBT discrimination case in December 2017. Brian Cahn via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits anti-gay discrimination in…
11 Historical Moments That Gave Us President Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by TomDispatch. The present arrives out of a past that we are too quick to forget, misremember, or enshroud in myth. Yet like it or not, the present is the product of past choices. Different decisions back then might have yielded…