"We have worked with Ben closely throughout his tenure as executive director, and speak from experience. Ben is under attack by many who, through a pattern of misinformation, character assassination, and discrimination, seek to oust him from his position and drive him out of the Sierra Club."
Growing up, I spent my summers devouring Children of the Sun and Great Kings and Queens of Africa. While my classmates were learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, I was curled up with books that introduced me to Mansa Musa, Queen Nzinga, and Kwame Nkrumah. Back then, it sometimes seemed I was just doing double the homework, but now I know my parents were planting in me imagination, belief in myself, racial pride, and truly resilient roots.
"These support programs are being cut amid an increased environment of hostility towards LGBTQ+ people," said Brad Sears, distinguished scholar of law and policy at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. "We're really seeing this coming together ... of different pressures that are going to lead to poverty and unemployment among LGBTQ+ people."
A passenger reported that during a trip, a driver made homophobic remarks, labeling the London Pride march as 'hideous,' leading to a distressing journey for them.
Black people in England are almost four times as likely to face homelessness as white people and substantially less likely to get social housing, according to a three-year study that revealed racial and ethnic disparities in access to housing in the UK.
Carr described the situation at work as life in hell, facing relentless derogatory remarks from his Protestant boss, Kevin Van Tassell, who called him a "Catholic f-k" and a "dumb Irish bastard." Carr faced an atmosphere of intolerance and hostility, where no one would listen to his complaints about the abuse.
The decision left Meredithe McNamara, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine who specializes in adolescent medicine, devastated and scared.
The two-child cap disproportionately affects women who have suffered trauma, as exceptions only apply to certain circumstances, leaving some vulnerable women without necessary support.
The changes seem to open the door to discrimination on the basis of anything that is not legally protected," Dr. Kenneth Kizer, the VA's top healthcare official during the Clinton administration, told The Guardian. "Previously VA hospitals' bylaws said that medical staff could not discriminate on patients based on race, age, color, sex, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, or disability in any employment matter."