Public Justice
August 12, 2014
In Blog
This Shark Week, Let’s Look Closely at Who’s Preying on Whom
By Sarah Belton, Cartwright-Baron Attorney, and Leslie Bailey, Staff Attorney photo credit: Grey Nurse Sharks by Richard Ling, CC-BY-2.0. One noted impact of the Recession is the widening wealth gap between white families and families of color. This gap didn’t just emerge naturally—at least part of the gap is the…
August 7, 2014
In Updates
Slate Story on Obama’s Federal Worker Rules
photo credit: Talk Radio News Service via photopin cc In what Executive Director Paul Bland considers “one of the most important positive steps for civil rights in the last 20 years,” President Obama has ordered that corporations who receive federal contracts worth more than $1 million…
August 7, 2014
In Blog
Safer Coal Ash Disposal Drives Closure of Power Plant in West Virginia
photo credit: The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy via photopin cc The true cost of coal-fired power plants is more than businesses can bear By Richard Webster Staff Attorney An alliance of West Virginia environmental groups represented by Public Justice and allies recently settled with…
August 4, 2014
In Blog
Court Overturns Florida’s Ban on Same-Sex Marriage to Allow Woman to Dissolve Civil Union
Photo credit: OZinOH via photopin cc By Adrian Alvarez Goldberg Robb Attorney A Florida judge’s ruling that the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution is the third order of its kind to come out in less than a month. But…
August 2, 2014
In Updates
Public Justice’s Sarah Belton Applauds NLRB Franchise Ruling in the New York Times
photo credit: Steve Rhodes via photopin cc Read Cartwright-Baron Attorney Sarah Belton‘s New York Times letter to the editor on the National Labor Relations Board’s decision on corporations being responsible for workers’ rights: McDonald’s Labor Ruling Tuesday’s decision of the National Labor Relations Board is a…
August 1, 2014
In Updates
Karen Bartlett Receives Public Justice’s new Illuminating Injustice Award
Public Justice recognized Karen Bartlett of New Hampshire as the recipient of its new Illuminating Injustice Award and presented her with a $25,000 award at its Gala and Awards Ceremony Sunday. “As children, we dream of growing up to be the hero, the good guys,”…
August 1, 2014
In Updates
Paul Bland: New Obama Order "Ends Corporate Immunity" for Federal Contractors
Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland talks to the Real News about Obama’s new executive order, which will end the practice of corporate-paid arbitrators settling discrimination suits.
July 30, 2014
In Blog
UPDATED: Obama Order Single Most Important Step for Civil Rights in 20+ Years
Photo via Mark Blacknell on Flickr Major news outlets are reporting that President Obama is preparing to sign an executive order providing that corporations who receive federal contracts worth more than $1 million may not require their workers to submit to forced arbitration clauses for…