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Stanford Prof Argues Before Supreme Court In Support Of LGBTQ+ Protections
By Stanford Daily
Stanford Law Professor Pamela Karlan defended an interpretation of federal law that forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday morning. In her ninth appearance before the court, Karlan argued on behalf of plaintiffs Gerald Bostock and Donald Zarda, who both claim they were fired from their jobs because they are gay.
Karlan’s oral argument was the first of the court’s new term. It is a consolidation of two cases, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia and Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, both of which address the fundamental question as to whether Title VII’s prohibition of discrimination based on a person’s sex also includes sexual orientation. Following Karlan’s argument, the Court heard the case of R.G. Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which considers whether Title VII includes employment protections for transgender individuals.
“When an employer fires a male employee for dating men but does not fire female employees who date men, he violates Title VII,” opened Karlan. “The employer has discriminated against the man because it treats that man worse than women who want to do the same thing. And that discrimination is because of sex.”
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Kansas Medical Students Support Rural Patients
By Kaiser Health News
The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina opened in 2011 — a one-building campus in the heart of wheat country dedicated to producing the rural doctors the country needs.
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Now, eight years later, the school’s first graduates are settling into their chosen practices — and locales. And those choices are cause for both hope and despair.
Of the eight graduates, just three chose to go where the shortages are most evident. Two went to small cities with populations of fewer than 50,000. And three chose the big cities of Topeka (estimated 2018 population: 125,904) and Wichita (389,255) instead.
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How Trump’s Tariffs Are Creating Jobs — For Canadians
By ProPublica
A few months ago, Elliot Markillie started getting calls about small boxes.
He works for a logistics company near Vancouver, British Columbia, called a52 that handles distribution for big apparel retailers, from Nordstrom to Cabela’s. The retailers source their goods from China and had just been hit with steep tariffs, on top of the duties already applied to clothes and shoes.
But, the retailers had learned, there might be an out: According to U.S. customs rules, packages worth less than $800 — known as the de minimis threshold — don’t have to pay duties at all. They just have to ship items directly to consumers one at a time, rather than in bulk to stores or U.S.-based warehouses.
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Black People Disproportionately Homeless In California
By CalMatters
In Monterey County, the percentage of black or African American people who are homeless is more than seven times higher than the county’s black population. It is nearly six times higher at the state level.
Just a few years ago, Yolanda Harraway was living in a tent on the streets of Chinatown in Salinas, an agricultural hub struggling with a growing homeless community.
Harraway’s slide into homelessness began when her son was taken from her custody by Child Protective Services. She struggled with addiction and had several felonies on her record, which cut her off from various state and government-funded housing options. She also had a hard time holding a job — once her background check came back, she would be let go, time and again.
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New NHL Puck Changes Color When It’s Too Warm
By Cronkite News
A puck that changes colors? Welcome to the latest technological advancement with the National Hockey League’s rubber disk.
For the 2019-20 season, game pucks will come with a thermochromic coating that is purple when frozen but turns clear as the pucks thaw above freezing temperatures. That change should make it easier for officials to identify when the pucks on the ice should be replaced.
Warmer pucks tend to bounce more and are more difficult to control. Frozen ones glide smoother and faster. In the modern NHL, an average game will use about a dozen pucks.
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