It’s The Single Ladies, Stupid
According to Rebecca Traister’s cover story for the February 22, 2016 issue of New York Magazine,...
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It’s the Single Ladies, Stupid
According to Rebecca Traister’s cover story for the February 22, 2016 issue of New York Magazine, single women will have a “profound effect” on this year’s general presidential election. As a single woman, why was I not more keenly aware of this? Perhaps it is because most of the news coverage regarding presidential and mid-term politics in the last four years has led…
Overtime Could Be in Jeopardy for 5 Million Workers
Bureaucracy is boring. “Regulatory Plans,” “Notice and Comment,” “Final Rules”—the Administrative State tends to glaze eyes. But for a moment last July, the media set its gaze on bureaucracy. That’s because a bureaucratic agency, the Department of Labor, proposed a rule that could increase the wages of millions of workers. Specifically, the DOL proposal makes approximately 5 million additional “white…
Examiner Gazette, February 24, 2016 – Albert Woodfox, Last of ‘Angola 3’ Prisoners, to Be Released
Posted February 24th, 2016. Dora Pope | 24 February, 2016, 11:25 The deal with prosecutors came together on Thursday night, Woodfox’s attorney said. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court, however, overturned Brady’s ruling and set the stage for Friday’s third trial. Wallace died in 2013 just days after he was released. He was released from prison in 2001 after 29 years.…
The Recognition Gap for Women in Academia
A lot has been written about why talented women aren’t advancing in academia the way their male colleagues are – including the heavy “baby penalty” paid by female academics. But the gap we see in tenure rates between male and female faculty members can’t be explained by differences in family commitments or productivity alone. New research points to another problem women face – a…
PR Newswire, February 22, 2016 – Sanford Heisler Kimpel Secures Final Approval Of $8.2M Settlement In Daiichi Sankyo Gender Discrimination Case
Posted February 22nd, 2016. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Sanford Heisler Kimpel, LLP, a leading national civil rights law firm, continued its battle against Big Pharma this week, securing an $8.2M monetary settlement and impressive programmatic reforms for female sales professionals at Daiichi Sankyo, the Japanese-based, multinational drug company. The nearly 1,600 female plaintiffs were represented in the class action by the law…
Sanford Heisler Kimpel Secures Final Approval of $8.2M Settlement in Daiichi Sankyo Gender Discrimination Case
Posted February 22nd, 2016. Settlement Assures Extensive Programmatic Relief Company-Wide February 22, 2016, San Francisco, CA – Sanford Heisler Kimpel LLP, a leading national civil rights law firm, continued its battle against Big Pharma this week, securing an $8.2M monetary settlement and impressive programmatic reforms for female sales professionals at Daiichi Sankyo, the Japanese-based, multinational drug company. The nearly 1,600…
Investment Underground, February 21, 2016 – American Man Released From Prison After 43 Years In Solitary Confinement
Albert Woodfox, 69, was released on time served after pleading no contest to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard. Albert Woodfox was the last of a group known as “Angola Three” for their decades-long stays in isolation. Albert Woodfox raised his fist defiantly as he walked out of his prison gates after 43 years behind bars. In a statement, Woodfox…
Leader Call, February 21, 2016 – Albert Woodfox Black Panther Finally Freed aAfter 43 Years in Solitary
A United States prisoner who spent four decades in solitary confinement has been released from jail. Brent Miller, a guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, was killed in 1972. He was released on Friday – his 69th birthday – after pleading “no contest” to manslaughter. He and two other men became known as “Angola Three”, a group that was the…
Albert Woodfox, Longest-Serving Solitary Confinement Prisoner, Freed from Prison After Four Decades
Posted February 19th, 2016. February 19, 2016, West Feliciana, LA — Albert Woodfox, who spent more time in solitary confinement than any prisoner in U.S. history, was released from custody today after more than four decades in the Louisiana prison system. Mr. Woodfox, who turned 69 today, continues to maintain his innocence for the murder that sent him to solitary confinement for…