Missouri Republicans work to dismantle non-discrimination act
A video put together by the Missouri Employee and Human Rights Coalition provides compelling testimony about the importance of protecting the state's non-discrimination law.
Help wanted: no jobless need apply
Unemployment has hovered at 10 percent for months, yet employers are refusing to hire the jobless.
Profile: The “Wilmar 8” made equal pay impossible to ignore
They never got what they wanted, but more than 30 years later people still remember them, and their goals and their impact still resonate.
Republicans drop “forcible rape” but war on women continues
Republicans have backed off their effort to redefine rape as "forcible rape" (is there another kind?) but they have not given up their war on women's reproductive rights.
Planned Parenthood seeks FBI probe of video plot
Planned Parenthood has asked the FBI to investigate an apparent video scam operation linked to a far-right anti-abortion group, targeting several of its clinics in six states.
GOP: no to jobs, attack women instead
In addition to ignoring the jobs mandate, Republicans have now introduced a bill that redefines rape and incest as only that which is "forcible."
Massachusetts aims to curb modern-day slavery
Massachusetts is one of only five states without a law aimed at ending human trafficking, but a bill introduced Jan. 20 into both the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives aims to change that.
Jean Quan becomes first Asian American woman to lead major U.S. city
In a ceremony marking several "firsts," Jean Quan, a former labor organizer and school board and city council member, was inaugurated Oakland's 49th mayor Jan. 3.
High court takes Wal-Mart sex discrimination case
WASHINGTON (PAI) -To nobody's surprise, the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle the world's biggest sexual discrimination case, involving the world's largest private corporation, Wal-Mart.
Republicans kill Paycheck Fairness
Advocates for women's equality denounced yesterday's unanimous Republican vote to kill a bill that would have strengthened enforcement of women's right to equal pay.
