Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 10:27am

Stop Violence Against Women :: Sign the petition

In the chaos of conflict and disaster, women and girls can suffer unspeakable violence, exploitation and abuse. The odds are against them as they struggle to survive and protect themselves and their families.
Urge Congressional leaders to support the International Violence Against Women Act and ensure that Congress passes it without delay. This legislation will empower [...]

Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 10:58pm

New York’s Choking Loophole

Dorchen Leidholdt and Jane Manning contribute to New York Times OP-Ed to demand for a statute which will recognize choking as a crime whether or not physical injury is evident.
By DORCHEN LEIDHOLDT and JANE MANNING

NEW YORKERS have heard a stream of grave accusations this week that our governor tried to obstruct a domestic assault [...]

Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 1:07pm

CNN HNN Prime News :: Jennifer Paviglianiti vs Cafe Royale

Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 12:28pm

The O’Reilly Factor :: Jennifer Paviglianiti vs Cafe Royale

Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 8:46pm

Jennifer Paviglianiti vs Cafe Royale :: Inside Edition

Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 11:24pm

Lucy Parsons :: Revolutionary Feminist

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Commentary, Labor, Media, Opinion, Politics

By Saswat Pattanayak

No legal case in American history has been more cited than The Scottsboro Trial. Nine young African American men, aged 13 and up, were jailed in Scottsboro, Alabama to await trial over an accusation that they had raped two white women on a train in the Spring of 1931.
The nature of [...]

Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 3:12pm

Long Island Bar Fires Pregnant Bartender

ABC News reports on Jennifer Paviglianiti’s charges of discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Bartender in Topless Bar Says She Was Discriminated Against for Being Pregnant
By MARY KATHRYN BURKE and BRENNAN MCCORD
When Jennifer Paviglianiti, 29, of Centereach, N.Y., discovered she was pregnant, she hoped to wait until the three-month mark to tell [...]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 5:26pm

Costs of Caregiver Discrimination Increasing for Employers

New Report Says Family Responsibilities Discrimination Cases on the Rise, Cost More
 
Treating employees less favorably because they have family caregiving obligations can land employers in court and result in significant liability, a new report by the Center for WorkLife Law concludes. 
 
Litigation aimed at bias against U.S. workers who care for children or aging parents has [...]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 7:10am

Markowitz grilled in discrimination suit

YourNabe.com
By Thomas Tracy
Borough President Marty Markowitz was put on the hot seat Friday when he was grilled for nearly four hours about a discrimination lawsuit filed against him back in 2007.

The deposition, which was held in Borough Hall, was the first major hurdle in the suit filed by former Borough President Communications Director Regina Weiss. [...]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 8:37pm

Defendant Markowitz Deposed in Discrimination Suit

Ryan Thompson reports for Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Marty Markowitz deposition.
BOROUGH HALL — Borough President Marty Markowitz’s former speechwriter is suing him for discrimination. And though the lawsuit was filed over two years ago, depositions are finally underway — with Markowtz being deposed on Friday.
In the lawsuit filed in Kings County Supreme Court in December [...]

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