workplace discrimination
Two Women Walk into an Elevator: Mad Men and Workplace Sexual Harassment
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
September 15, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
In Mad Men, the tough women are branded sexless wet blankets, while those who use their wiles and sexuality to advance themselves can have those qualities turned against them. Meanwhile, a sense of sisterhood is hard to find.
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I Am A Mad Woman
August 13, 2009 - 2:06pm (Print)
The number and influence of women in advertising have grown to such an extent that we must now hold ourselves accountable for what we achieve, and how.
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Stoking Fire: Far Right Opposition to Hate Crimes Laws
by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check
August 11, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Assurances that federal workplace anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people will exempt religious bodies from oversight should mollify conservatives, but they don't.
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Dept. of Civil Rights: Michigan's Ban on HIV-Positive Inmates Working in Food Service Violates Law
by Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow
April 24, 2009 - 2:46pm (Print)
The Michigan Department of Corrections has prevented HIV-infected prisoners from working in food service positions since at least 1999. But the Michigan Department of Civil Rights argues that the policy violates non-discrimination statutes.
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Obama Runs Ad on Equal Pay
September 16, 2008 - 5:52pm (Print)
A new Obama-sponsored ad airing in Virginia highlights John McCain's opposition to equal pay laws.
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