by Camille Respess | Nov 2, 2018 | Education Law, Local News
By Camille Respess In a sweeping announcement on Nov. 16, the U.S. Department of Education secretary Betsy DeVos announced new changes to Title IX, a federal civil rights law passed in 1972. Title IX stated that, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of... by Camille Respess | Oct 30, 2018 | Civil Rights, Local News
Places of public accommodation are barred from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, or disability. It’s actually prohibited by both Missouri and federal law. Yet and still, racial profiling keeps happening in St. Louis.... by Camille Respess | Oct 30, 2018 | Employment Law, Local News
The state violated the rights of inmates in Missouri prisons, a judge recently found. According to a lawsuit filed by four inmates seeking to represent all Missouri inmates serving life for crimes committed before the age of 18, the state’s parole board violated the... by Camille Respess | Oct 9, 2018 | Employment Law, Local News
Instances of wage theft occur far too often in the United States. Wage theft is when employees are not given their rights, earnings or benefits they deserve from their employers. This can be manifested in a number of ways: minimum wage violations, failure to receive... by Camille Respess | Oct 1, 2018 | Civil Rights, Local News
In September 2017, Alex Garcia, a 36-year-old Honduran immigrant, entered sanctuary from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He’s lived in the U.S. for 13 years and fled Honduras because of the violence and danger he feared in his home country. Honduras... by Camille Respess | Sep 14, 2018 | Civil Rights, Local News
Since 1998, Missouri lawmakers have tried, without success, to get members of the LGBTQ community legal protection. Though rights for LGBTQ individuals have increased in recent years, gay or transgendered people, or even those perceived as gay or transgender, are not...