Category: PDJ
Madelynn Taylor, a 74-year-old, retired veteran of the United States Navy, learned last week that she and her deceased wife will not be buried next to each other in Idaho’s Veterans Cemetery. “I’m not surprised. I’ve been discriminated against for 70 years, and they might as well discriminate against me in death as well as in life,”… Read the full article
A Democratic bill to raise the federal minimum wage failed in a procedural Senate vote on Wednesday. After the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, “Today, we saw a clear distinction between what we’re fighting for, we Democrats, and the Republicans, what they’re fighting for. They’re fighting for the billionaires. We’re fighting for people who are struggling… Read the full article
A little over a month ago, on our blog, weexplored the unspoken rule of the sidewalk: Don’t walk at the same speed as a stranger. Now, we’re tackling the secret of the subway: Eat, drink, sleep on the train, but whatever you do, don’t talk to someone you don’t know. Behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder… Read the full article
A lot of attention is given to how we raise the next generation of girls to be strong and rise above stereotypes. So why are we still telling a generation of boys to “be a man”? After learning that research shows boys in the US are more likely to be diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed stimulant… Read the full article
April 26th marks the thirteenth annual Comcast Cares Day—when tens of thousands of Comcast and NBCUniversal employees, their families and friends, and a host of community partners will give back to their communities in the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer effort. This Saturday, volunteers will contribute their time and energy to provide maintenance, supplies, and makeovers to local… Read the full article
Early this April, the Army introduced what it believed to be new regulations regarding uniformity and safety. What Army Regulation 670-1 really did was introduce racially biased regulations banning twists, dreadlocks, and any hairstyle in which the “bulk of the hair exceeds more than two inches from the scalp”—a rule that pushes African American women toward expensive and hair-harming… Read the full article
In October, The Wall Street Journal will host the first-ever WSJDLive, an international technology conference bringing together global CEOs, thought leaders, and hot entrepreneurs to explore what’s next in tech. Guess who won’t be among the speakers…
How many faucets are in your house? Let’s say you have sinks in three bathrooms, your kitchen, and your laundry room—and they’re all within two floors of each other. If one sink stops working, you walk down the hall to another. But what if your entire neighborhood shared one sink and it stopped working? This is the… Read the full article
After finding success with their Meet a Muslim Person video, the teenagers behind the YouTube channel TrueStoryASA brought some younger family members in on their mission to spread peace and created a new video, Meet a Muslim Family. Here’s how they explain why they make their videos: “We believe that world peace is possible—maybe not today, but maybe… Read the full article
Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Naya Taylor—a transgender woman denied medical care after she requested hormone replacement therapy—alleging a violation of the nondiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex (which includes gender identity), and require that clinics receiving federal funds treat transgender patients in the same manner… Read the full article
