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EEOC sued for refusing to enforce protections for trans workers

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and its acting chair, Andrea Lucas, were accused of failing to enforce protections for transgender workers in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by Democracy Forward and the National...

Federal agency sued for failing to enforce employment protections for transgender workers

A complaint filed Tuesday by Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) on behalf of FreeState Justice, a Maryland nonprofit, alleges the EEOC and its acting chair, Andrea Lucas, are violating federal civil...

EEOC Sued Over Limiting Transgender Discrimination Cases

Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center are challenging the EEOC’s limited processing of transgender discrimination charges under the Trump administration.

Terrifying Reasons 300K Black Women Lost Jobs In 2025

“Are we heading into a recession? Is some action the current administration is going to take going to keep moving us in that direction? Prices remain high, people can’t afford child care — there are...

EEOC Retreat On Trans Bias Enforcement Illegal, Suit Says

FreeState, which is represented in the legal action by the National Women's Law Center and the Democracy Forward Foundation, said in its complaint that these shifts cut against the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed decision in...

Political notes: Hale mulls party switch, Moore gets a new gig, Shetty, Schumitz get fellowships

Two Marylanders will be part of the National Women’s Law Center’s first fellowship focusing on advancing gender justice at the state level. Del. Emily Shetty (D-Montgomery) and Kali Schumitz, vice president for external relations with...