Social Justice

Biden And Harris Announce Steps To Close Gender, Racial Wage Gaps

WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced moves to close gender and racial wage gaps, and boost pay equity for new federal workers and employees of federal contractors.…

3 years ago

Bill That Would Protect Abortion Rights Faces Dim Chances In U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - A bill to protect the right to have an abortion in the United States is likely to…

4 years ago

Amazon Accused Of Violating U.S. Labor Law After Union Supporters’ Arrests

Feb 24 (Reuters) - A group of Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O workers seeking to form a union in New York filed a charge with U.S.…

4 years ago

Texas High Court Questions Clinics’ Challenge To Abortion Law

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Justices on Texas's high court on Thursday sharply questioned whether clinics can challenge a law that banned most…

4 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Clash Between Religion And LGBT Rights

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday took up a major new legal fight pitting religious beliefs against…

4 years ago

U.S. Apple Store Workers Working To Unionize

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Employees at many Apple Inc AAPL.O stores in the United States are working to unionize, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing…

4 years ago

Biden Urges Congress To Act Now On Equal Rights Amendment

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to immediately enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment…

4 years ago

Anti-Abortion Activists March In Washington, Buoyed By Waning U.S. Abortion Access

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Anti-abortion advocates will take to the streets of Washington on Friday for the annual "March…

4 years ago

U.S. Appeals Court Delays Legal Challenge To Texas Abortion Law

Jan 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday handed a defeat to abortion clinics by delaying a legal…

4 years ago

Hormones Help Trans Teens, U.S. Study Finds, As State Bans Loom

LONDON, Jan 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Transgender teenagers prescribed cross-sex hormones are less likely to have suicidal thoughts and…

4 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court To Consider Rolling Back Abortion Rights

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to consider whether to gut abortion rights…

4 years ago

U.N. Expert Decries Near ‘Tyranny’ In U.S. Against Minority Voting Rights

GENEVA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights expert said on Monday that electoral laws in some parts…

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