U.S. Leads in Income Inequality and Moving ‘Full Steam Ahead to Make Itself More Unequal’
Reprinted with permission from the Human Rights at Home Blog. For two weeks at the end of last year, Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty crisscrossed the United States, speaking to communities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Lowndes…
The Right to Family in the Era of the “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Policy
On May 7, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new iteration of the Trump administration’s draconian stance on immigration: the “zero tolerance” policy. In short, the “zero tolerance” policy directs prosecutors to charge as many people crossing the border…
Woodhull Responds to Proposed Title IX Rollback
Yesterday Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, announced her decision to scale down or remove Title IX protections on college campuses. Title IX holds universities across the country accountable for supporting survivors of sexual assault. Hiding behind a false assertion that…
Under Attack: Fighting Back Against Online and Real-World Harassment
Guest Post by Sandra from The Right Side of Truth The internet has opened the door to nearly unlimited opportunities to share information and knowledge around the world. Unfortunately, it has also created an entirely new arena for abuse and…
Can’t We Just Agree? — A New York Court Holds That A Child Can Have Three Legal Parents
One plus one plus one is three. We can all agree on the math, but when it comes to parents, the law usually stops counting at two. But a New York court recently decided, in Dawn M v. Michael M.,…
Children Denied Families
Imagine denying children a home, a family, for no reason other than who the potential parent chooses to love and with whom they choose to form a family. Well, it’s happening! Georgia has become one of the most recent states to…
Victory! In Milward v. Shaheen, The Eleventh Circuit Upholds First Amendment Rights Of Students Who Objected To Forced Transvaginal Ultrasounds
Students in the sonography program at Valencia College were asked to volunteer to undergo transvaginal ultrasound examinations by other students in the program. It quickly became clear that this request was a demand when instructors, including the program manager, retaliated…
Woodhull Joins Amicus Brief to Protect College Student Whistleblowers’ First Amendment rights
Woodhull Freedom Foundation joined a coalition of national free-speech organizations led by the Foundation for Individual Rights, calling for the federal appeals court to reverse a ruling on a case involving three Valencia College students punished for objecting to a college…