The following op-ed by EJS President, Eva Paterson, and Director of Law and Policy, Reggie Shuford, appeared yesterday in New America Media. A recent decision handed down by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals raises this important question: Can victims of contemporary forms of discrimination and disparity find justice in our courts? The courtContinueContinue reading “Commentary by EJS’ Eva Paterson and Reggie Shuford in New America Media”
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Give Women in Wal-Mart v. Dukes Their Day in Court
Equal Justice Society (EJS) joined the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) this week to file an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court case Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the largest civil rights class action lawsuit in U.S. history. On March 29, the Court will conduct a limitedContinueContinue reading “Give Women in Wal-Mart v. Dukes Their Day in Court”
Civil Rights Legend Dorothy Height Passes
Dorothy Irene Height, long-time civil rights activist, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and “godmother of the women’s movement,” died of natural causes at 3:41 a.m. today at Howard University Hospital, 27 days after her 98th birthday, announced NCNW in a press release. Equal Justice Society President Eva PatersonContinueContinue reading “Civil Rights Legend Dorothy Height Passes”