Tag: gender
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International Women’s Day is a celebration and call to action. Beware the flowers and candy
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Women across the world will demand equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice, decision-making jobs and other essential needs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day Friday
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Putin’s crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring the LGBTQ+ community, lawyers and many others
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It’s not just opposition politicians who are targeted in the crackdown by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent years
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A timeline of restrictive laws that authorities have used to crack down on dissent in Putin’s Russia
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Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups
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AI pervades everyday life with almost no oversight. States scramble to catch up
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Lawmakers in at least seven states are taking big legislative swings to regulate bias in artificial intelligence
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Colorado lawmakers clash over bills to protect transgender people’s use of a chosen name
The Democratic majority in Colorado’s House has pushed forward two bills protecting transgender people’s chosen names
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Ex-coach in Canadian Football League alleges harassment by Argonauts QB Kelly, wrongful dismissal
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The Canadian Football League says it is investigating allegations made by a former Toronto Argonauts strength and conditioning coach who alleges to have been wrongfully dismissed after being harassed by quarterback Chad Kelly
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What to know about what could be Mexico’s biggest election ever (copy)
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Campaigning formally starts on Friday for the biggest election in Mexico’s history
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What to know about what could be Mexico’s biggest election ever
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Campaigning formally starts on Friday for the biggest election in Mexico’s history
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Colorado House gives final approval to bills on occupancy limits, foster youth ‘bill of rights’
The Colorado House on Friday gave final approval to two major proposals dealing with housing and youth in the foster care system with a few defections among Democrats. House Bill 1007 would block local governments from imposing residential occupancy limits except for public health and safety reasons. The House had debated HB 1007 on Feb.…
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Faced with wave of hostile bills, transgender rights leaders are playing “a defense game”
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For decades, the plotline for LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S. was one of advances — often slow but moving forward