Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced late yesterday that an agreement has been reached to repeal HB2. HB2, the state law prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identities, has caused much controversy and revenue loss for the state. This new deal reached with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, would repeal HB2, leave […]
North Carolina’s anti-gay “bathroom bill” has been the center of a lot of controversy this year — and “The Daily Show” decided to put the bill to the test. The state’s discriminatory HB2 bill, which was passed in March, restricts transgender people from using the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity and also allows businesses […]
Take a moment to celebrate our four-legged friends following Montreal's ban on pit bull and pit bull-like dogs.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is the latest of governmental leadership to ban government employees’ travel to North Carolina, in response to NC’s new anti-LGBT law. New York, Connecticut, and the cities of San Francisco and Boston drew a line in the sand in the last few weeks. All in response to North Carolina’s law signed last […]
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to return as a partner at the big corporate law firm he exited more than five years…
You’ve hit the streets. You’ve carried picket signs. You’ve joined choruses “No Justice, No Peace,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and even “Fight the Power.” You were angered…
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has signed a bill into law allowing student-led prayer. The three-page law gives students equal protection to pray silently, out loud (alone or with others) as a student is allowed to reflect, meditate or speak on non-religious matters. The new law makes provision for students to be able to organize […]
(Reuters) – San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children. San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed the law on a veto-proof 8-to-3 vote. It takes effect on December 1. The law, […]
