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Mass layoffs at federal agencies have affected workers who were focused on increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. By Nicole Leonard Updated Aug. 18, 2025 11:36 am When Adam Fishbein was offered a position in the U.S. Department of Labor in 2021, it felt like he’d achieved a goal that he had worked toward…

The emergency appeal is the latest in a series of cases involving transgender issues to come before the high court. By Bianca Quilantan and Josh Gerstein 08/28/2025 04:53 PM EDT South Carolina is asking the Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce its policy barring transgender students in state-funded schools from using bathrooms that align with their…

Natalia Navarro Aug 27, 2025 The Trump Administration last week canceled funding for a California sexual health education program serving homeless, foster care and incarcerated youth, alleging it is an “attempt to indoctrinate children with gender ideology.” At issue is California’s curricula, which teach that gender identity can differ from biological sex and that trans and nonbinary…

Shortly after Abrego was released from federal custody Friday, the Trump administration said it intended to deport him to Uganda. Aug. 25, 2025, 7:17 AM CDT / Updated Aug. 25, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT By Gary Grumbach, Marlene Lenthang and Rebecca Cohen BALTIMORE — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who reunited with his family last week after 160 days apart following his mistaken deportation to El Salvador,…

Third Way urges Democrats to drop terms like “cisgender,” “allyship” and “LGBTQIA+” to win over swing voters. By John Riley on August 25, 2025 Third Way, a centrist think tank tied to the Democratic Party’s pro-corporate shift of the 1990s, has issued a memo listing 45 “profoundly alienating” words it says Democrats should avoid. Marketed as…

August 25, 2025 by James Brooks, Alaska Beacon The politically appointed board that regulates health care in Alaska voted unanimously Friday to recommend that the state restrict medical care for transgender youth in the state and approved a letter asking Alaska lawmakers to end access to abortion in the late stages of pregnancy. On transgender care, the…

Sydney Johnson Aug 25, 2025 Nearly five decades ago, frustration over the government’s lack of urgency to make public buildings more accessible reached a flashpoint. It was April 1977, and more than 100 disabled protesters staged a nearly month-long sit-in at a federal building in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza. After 26 days, and with support from…

Jeff Brumley  |  August 21, 2025 The U.S. economy already is showing signs of stress due to President Donald Trump’s deportation and border policies, new economic research shows. “Although current deportations are only now ramping up to the levels threatened during the 2024 presidential campaign, over the last few months we have started to see both widespread…

States have long regulated medical practices that include words without violating First Amendment, attorney general argues By: Lindsey Toomer August 19, 2025 5:21 pm Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a brief Tuesday outlining the state’s arguments defending a 2019 Colorado law that bans conversion therapy for minors in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The…

The 2024 Human Rights Report downplays abuses in Trump-aligned nations, omits LGBTQ references, and targets countries critical of his administration. By John Riley on August 16, 2025 Human rights groups, including LGBTQ advocates, accuse the U.S. State Department of politicizing its annual report on global abuses by erasing references to anti-LGBTQ discrimination. According to Al Jazeera, the…