equality Archive
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Recently, a middle school teacher in the Detroit, Susan Johnson, area played a the song “Same Love” in her performing arts class at the suggestion of a student. The song’s lyrics support and promote diversity, by …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer The United States isn’t the only country struggling to offer more rights to Gay and Lesbian individuals. The French socialist government has recently approved a bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer In continuation of several of my lastest posts regarding New Hampshire and the election I wanted to share some further news. It seems the New Hampshire is the first state to be entirely …
“Our lives are not our own, we are bound to others past and present. And by each crime, and every kindness, we birth our future.”- Cloud Atlas I saw Cloud Atlas last night, and without giving anything of the movie away for those …
by Michelle Sicignano, LMSW While we institute Core Curriculum standards across the nation, “12,000 special education teachers and aides could lose their jobs if automatic cuts in federal special education grants to states go through” as they are slated to …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW- SJS Staff Writer The New York Times discusses a recent national class action law suit against Medicare in this article. Past Medicare regulations only covered nursing and therapy services for those who could show a likelihood …
Each year, the World Economic Forum publishes a report titled the Global Gender Gap Report. The Huffington Post discusses this Report as ranking “135 countries (which collectively contain over 90 percent of the world’s population) based on 14 indicators used …
In April 2010 President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum protecting the visitation rights for gays and lesbians in the hospitals. In this Memorandum he states: “Also uniquely affected are gay and lesbian Americans who are often barred from the bedsides of the …
Lately, I’ve been processing troubling thoughts on the growth of misogyny in this country and many parts of the world. What does it mean for children growing up in such a society and what is the impact on the future …
Baltimore’s ABC news released an article yesterday regarding voter complications in Arizona. The article stated that Maricopa County in Arizona gave the wrong election voting date on voter cards written in Spanish. Rather than November 6th being indicated on the card, …