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  • September 2008

    • Plastic Surgery: Your Own Personal Stimulus Package

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 11, 08 3:36 PM CDT

      Plastic Surgery: Your Own Personal Stimulus Package

      (Newser) - Rising gas prices, fewer jobs and the slumping economic has many craving a face-lift, literally. Most would-be patients make less than $60,000, so why not have "tax breaks on cosmetic surgery for low-income Americans," Rosa Brooks suggests in the Los Angeles Times . It’s a completely rational investment, she writes, since "we live in a society that rewards beauty (and penalizes ugliness)." More »

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      work  • plastic surgery  • cosmetic surgery  • beauty  • workplace discrimination

  • May 2008

    • Supreme Court Backs Workers on Retaliation Suits

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 27, 08 5:19 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Backs Workers on Retaliation Suits

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court today issued two rulings fortifying workplace-discrimination law, finding that employees can sue over retaliation for bias complaints. In one case, an 1866 law was used to protect a black employee who alleged he was fired after complaining about a black colleague’s treatment—though he’d failed to meet procedure requirements in more modern law, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • workplace discrimination  • federal employees

  • April 2008

    • What the Candidates Should Be Talking About

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 28, 08 8:23 PM CDT

      What the Candidates Should Be Talking About

      (Newser) - Quick, before the public completely loses interest: Let’s leave aside “guns, bitterness, race, religion, geriatric radicals and other trivia,” and turn to real presidential political issues, Los Angeles Times editors write. They pose some questions that most need answering: For John McCain: You voted against giving workers extended time to file discrimination lawsuits. How will your alternative—education for victims—end biased practices? More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Hillary Clinton  • ethanol  • enemy combatants  • executive power  • workplace discrimination  • troop drawdown

  • November 2007

    • House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

      New York Times  |  Nov 7, 07 10:14 PM CST

      House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

      (Newser) - It took more than 30 years, but House Democrats today passed a bill banning workplace discrimination against homosexuals, the New York Times reports. Thirty-five Republicans joined 200 Democrats to pass the legislation, which would amend the Civil Rights Act and safeguard workers against discrimination because of their “actual or perceived sexual orientation.” Ted Kennedy says he will introduce it in the Senate. More »

  • August 2007

    • Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

      Reuters  |  Aug 4, 07 6:10 AM CDT

      Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

      (Newser) - Women who show anger in the workplace undercut their professional standing, but their male counterparts may well be admired for their office rage, says a new study. And public temper tantrums affect more than just co-workers' respect, Reuters reports—test subjects assigned far higher salaries to angry men than to angry women. More »

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      women  • gender  • work  • men  • salary  • workplace discrimination  • office rage

  • July 2007

    • In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

      Washington Post  |  Jul 30, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

      (Newser) - Women are less likely to initiate negotiations for promotions and raises, which may help explain salary and career gaps between the genders, according to new research. "There is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating,"' one researcher says. "What we show is those risks are higher for women than for men." More »

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      women  • sexism  • discrimination  • gender  • men  • salary  • gender politics  • workplace discrimination  • careers  • salary gap

  • May 2007

    • Ginsburg Speaks Up

      New York Times  |  May 31, 07 9:18 AM CDT

      Ginsburg Speaks Up

      (Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has delivered two withering oral dissents in the past six weeks, a radical departure from her previous conciliatory role. Linda Greenhouse speculates in today's Times that the unprecedented behavior may signal a new outspokenness for the Supreme Court's only female justice. "After 15 years on the court, she's finally voicing some complaints," says a former Ginsburg clerk. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • women  • court  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg  • workplace discrimination

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