Tag: civil rights

New law boosts women in leadership

Seven months ago, 94 corporations had no women on their boards. As of March 25, 32 of these corporations, or 34 percent of them, have added at least one woman, in compliance with a new state law.

Do not disable Disabilities Act

Congress is on the verge of gutting the Americans with Disabilities Act, undoing almost 30 years of progress in civil rights for disabled Americans.

Transgender civil liberties undermined

The Trump Administration announced in February that it would no longer support the advances Barack Obama made for transgender equality in the previous presidency, which allowed transgender students to use the restroom of the gender they identify with. President Donald Trump has made a grave mistake in rescinding protection for these students, who now must use the restroom of their birth gender.

Letter to the Editor

The coming election in November is easily the most important one of my lifetime.

Law school hosts civil rights panels

The University of La Verne College of Law hosted its third annual Civil Rights Symposium Thursday at the Embassy Suites hotel near the Ontario Airport.

License readers are Orwellian

The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department have installed and are currently using Automatic License Plate Readers, or cameras mounted to poles and patrol cars, which have the ability to record every passing vehicle's license plate, along with the time, date and location they passed by.

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