In July 2024, the Biden administration proposed a rule to address heat-related illness that it claimed would protect 36 million workers. The directive would have required companies to monitor workers for heat stress, provide them with cool-down breaks in shaded or air-conditioned areas, and ensure that they were given ample water. “The purpose of this...
The US Supreme Court has said it will allow the Trump administration to terminate deportation protections for some 350,000 Venezuelans in the US. The ruling lifts a hold that was placed by a California judge that kept Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in place for Venezuelans whose status’ would have expired last month. Temporary Protected Status...
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling marks one of the most alarming judicial rollbacks of LGBTQ rights in recent memory. On Thursday, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — a far-right federal judge in the Northern District of Texas with a record of aligning with the GOP’s most extreme legal positions — issued a ruling declaring that Title VII no...
Five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic caught our health care system unawares, nurses and other health care workers say we are no more prepared for the next threat. “It’s scary,” says Tatiana Mukhtar, a nurse in New Orleans. The exposure during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic “was horrific, for patients...
“Donald Trump has just made an attempt to re-segregate America,” said legislative researcher Allison Chapman. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would further weaken civil rights protections and make it more difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in discrimination cases in areas such as education, housing, health care and public benefits. “With...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Jon Kay Reporting fromNew York City Getty Images Prince Harry and Meghan are in New York calling for more safety online for children The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are calling for stronger protections for children from the dangers of social media, saying “enough is not being done”. Prince Harry and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that gender dysphoria is not protected under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. In 2024, the Biden administration issued a final rule that interpreted Section 504 to include gender dysphoria. However, in a brief statement, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clarified his view...
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into California’s Department of Education over Assembly Bill 1955, a law passed last year that limits the forced outing of transgender students to their parents. The bill, already the subject of multiple legal challenges, has become a lightning rod for anti-trans activists who claim it...
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. More than a dozen legal groups bankrolled by tens of millions in dark money tied to a conservative judicial mastermind are urging the Supreme Court to kneecap federal agencies’ ability to protect...
Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Democratic lawmakers in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey are pushing such legislation this...