by Camille Respess | May 14, 2019 | Employment Law, Local News
Discrimination in the workplace, in education and in all public places, was made illegal in 1964. Yet and still, workers and employees are still discriminated against 54 years later. According to 2018 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, black people are... by Camille Respess | Apr 1, 2019 | Education Law, Local News
Federal data released by the U.S. Department of Education indicates that the gap between discipline cases of white and non-white students is growing. According to their Civil Rights data collection for the 2015-2016 school year released in April 2018, the disparity... by Camille Respess | Mar 1, 2019 | Education Law, Local News
More and more students are learning via virtual education in the United States. In lieu of getting their education in their public school buildings, students (often those who have been a part of behavioral conflicts at schools) are being placed in all online classes.... by Camille Respess | Feb 20, 2019 | Civil Rights, Local News, Uncategorized
In 2016, there were 28,181 reported housing discrimination claims in the U.S. Of these, 91.5 percent occurred during rental transactions, according to the National Fair Housing Alliance. What’s more, of these 28,181 cases of housing discrimination, 55 percent involved... by Camille Respess | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
People with disabilities are significantly more likely to be employed in states that have participated in Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act. To date, 33 states have adopted the Medicaid expansion. The state of Illinois is one of them, meaning that...