Cai Shuang Chen, a delivery worker in New York, won $327,738 in a wage theft case in September 2017. However, Chen is unable to collect this money under New York state law, as the restaurant he worked for changed its name and thus technically no longer exists... More »
Yesterday a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided against a transgender employee who brought a claim of discrimination on the basis of sex under Title VII. Nicole Wittmer, a transgender woman, sued Phillips 66 after the company withd... More »
After participating in a protest with the Sunrise Movement, a climate activist organization, representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) released a proposal to establish a Select Committee on a Green New Deal. Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal calls for the C... More »
Funding for progressive groups — from economic think-tanks to immigrants’ rights advocates and Democratic campaigns — is in jeopardy following Supreme Court’s Janus decision, which will cost public sector unions an estimated tens of millions in revenue. The Ne... More »
June 2nd, 2019