Tag: Gender Issues

Five transgender service members are seeking in injunction on Trump's ban. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Federal civil rights panel condemns Trump’s military transgender ban

Melissa Quinn · August 18, 2017 8:19 pm

Five transgender troops will soon ask a federal court for an injunction to temporarily halt President Trump from moving forward with any ban on their service, according to an attorney working on the case.

National Security

Transgender troops will seek injunction on Trump ban

Travis J. Tritten · August 17, 2017 2:49 pm

British actress Dame Helen Mirren has ripped Ivanka Trump for being vapid, out-of-touch, and for not living up to her promise to advocate for women's issues as one of her father's most trusted advisers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

British actress Helen Mirren: Ivanka Trump has ‘no substance’

Naomi Lim · August 15, 2017 9:35 pm

Pentagon officials previously said they would await further guidance from the White House before implementing any policy. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

National Security

Jim Mattis hints that not all transgender service members will be banned

Travis J. Tritten · August 14, 2017 11:43 pm

The Google Monoculture

Adam Keiper · August 12, 2017 1:30 pm

‘To hell with science’

Charlie Richards · August 12, 2017 4:01 am

Google just didn't want the bad publicity of having someone with such ideas on their payroll. (iStock by Getty Images)

Fired Google engineer James Damore may have NLRB case

Sean Higgins · August 11, 2017 9:56 pm

James Damore, a Google engineer since 2013, wrote an internal document that went viral last weekend, accusing the company of quashing conservative political opinions and claiming biological differences explain a lack of women in tech and leadership positions.

Fired Google employee: ‘It saddens me to see the company silence open and honest discussion’

Josh Siegel · August 11, 2017 9:10 pm

Five transgender troops will soon ask a federal court for an injunction to temporarily halt President Trump from moving forward with any ban on their service, according to an attorney working on the case.

National Security

Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer: ‘Any patriot’ who wants to serve in the military should be able to

Travis J. Tritten, Melissa Quinn · August 11, 2017 6:19 pm

Keith Ellison implored progressives gathered at Netroots Nation on Friday to embrace the philosophy of intersectionality. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Beltway Confidential

DNC Deputy Chairman Keith Ellison demands Democrats defend ‘intersectionality’

Emily Jashinsky · August 11, 2017 5:32 pm

Google employees should recognize that it's okay to work with a person you believe is wrong. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beltway Confidential

Political correctness attacks the entire learning process

Emily Jashinsky · August 11, 2017 5:21 pm

Taylor Swift defended herself in a Denver court Thursday, after being sued for slander. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

While Taylor Swift defends herself from sexual assault, where are the feminists?

Nicole Russell · August 11, 2017 4:55 pm