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Continue reading →: U.S. Navy, Marines Triple Paid Maternity LeaveEffective immediately, female sailors and marines can now take up to 18 weeks after the birth of a child. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus directed the U.S. Navy to triple the amount of paid maternity leave it offers, making the Navy the first military service to provide more than six weeks…
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Continue reading →: People Really Don’t Understand SlaveryA few days ago, one of my co-workers forwarded me a Vox article written by Margaret Biser titled “I used to lead tours at a plantation. You won’t believe the questions I got about slavery.” Even in the midst of all of the other diversity-related nonsense I’m privy to on…
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Continue reading →: The Word Cisgender Is Now OfficialWhen it rains, it pours — in a good way. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal across the nation, and this week, the word cisgender was one of some 500 new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary. The word is defined as “designating a person whose…
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Continue reading →: Same-Sex Marriage Is Now LegalToday is an important, some might even say historic, day. I just left one of my direct reports literally dancing in the aisle by her desk over the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that same-sex marriage is now legal nationwide. In the face of her enthusiasm, I had to examine my…
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Continue reading →: Dylann Roof: The Privilege to KillIn the wake of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church mass shooting that left nine black people dead in Charleston, South Carolina, I find myself thinking about the psychology of the mass shooter and how he’s treated in that time leading up to event that will end innocent lives and…
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Continue reading →: America’s $10 Bill to Have Woman’s FaceIn the not too distant future, the $10 bill will bear a female face. This as yet unnamed woman will be the first one in more than a century to join a mélange of dead presidents and statesmen featured on American paper currency, according to Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew. …
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Continue reading →: Nasty Gal Nasty to Pregnant Employees?Former Nasty Gal employee Aimee Concepcion has filed suit against the women’s clothing company. Filed in March, the suit alleges the company illegally fired four pregnant employees, including Concepcion, and one man who intended to take paternity leave. There does seem to be a pattern of behavior, or at least…
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Continue reading →: All That Matters Is That Rachel Dolezal LiedI’ve always held a special contempt for white people who act “black.” One, it suggests weakness, and two, it’s deceitful and exploitative. It’s weak because at this time in the world — at any time in the world — white people hold most, if not all, of the power. To…
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Continue reading →: North Carolina Passes Religious-Exemption Same-Sex Marriage BillToday, in North Carolina, some court officials can now legally refuse to perform same-sex marriage responsibilities based on their religious beliefs. The state House voted to override Republican Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of the bill 69-41. The Senate voted to do the same a week ago. In his May 28…
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