Rideshare drivers with pre-existing conditions who had counted on getting two weeks’ leave have been unable to do so.
Lia Russell
Lia Russell is a journalist based in Washington, D.C., and a former Prospect intern.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Saying #MeToo Is Harder for Low-Wage Workers
Faced with vindictive employers and a dearth of good employment opportunities, women fighting sexual harassment and abuse in service-sector jobs face unrelenting pressure to keep quiet.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
California Wildfires Stoke Need to Concentrate on Climate Change, Public Health
Northern California has been battling wildfires since early October, which have burned almost 250,000 acres, killed 42 people, displaced 100,000 residents, and destroyed thousands of homes. The hardest-hit areas have been Napa and Sonoma counties, the epicenter of the U.S. wine industry, and Santa Rosa, a town of 175,000 50 miles north of San Francisco. […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Transgender Protections Rollback by Sessions Draws Scrutiny
While Americans focused on the tragedies unfolding in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, Attorney General Jeff Sessions quietly rescinded a memorandum that protected transgender people from workplace discrimination. Eric Holder, President Obama’ first attorney general, had issued the memo in December 2014, extending the Civil Rights Act’s Title VII protections against employment discrimination to transgender […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
New Police Crimes Database Provides Law Enforcement Accountability Tool
In September, Bowling Green State University in Ohio published the country’s first online police crime database. It’s a small but noteworthy milestone for groups like Black Lives Matter who have called for greater law enforcement accountability as police brutality and the shootings of African Americans by officers have continued to dominate headlines. The Henry A. […]
