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Come April 2014, New Yorkers will finally have the right to get sick. Thanks to a New York City Council vote last night overriding Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto, New York will become the largest city in the nation to guarantee paid sick days. It’s an important milestone, even for those of us

The Supreme Court’s rulings on marriage will not lessen the everyday – sometimes subtle, often not – ways that many LGBT people get treated as less than equals.

Four years ago, the Center for American Progress published a report by Ruy Teixeira entitled " The Coming End of the Culture Wars." Conflict over social issues -- a defining feature of U.S. politics for four decades -- was winding down, thanks largely to demographic shifts. The Millennials, Teixeira

Talking points about immigration reform often focus on whether undocumented workers are taking jobs away from Americans who need the work. A story in the Toledo Blade yesterday draws attention to the cost to other American workers of failing to fix the immigration problem.

Today, a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, upending a law that has been central to our nation’s commitment to eradicating the shameful legacy of racial discrimination in voting, especially in the deep South. The Court

Q. How would you summarize the decision in a single sentence? A. The court effectively rolled back an important provision of the Voting Rights Act, ruling that the act’s formula requiring federal preapproval of election changes for some states but not others was outdated because it was based on data

Five Supreme Court Justices just rolled back the most effective civil rights provision in our nation's history. What should we do now? One option is to declare "mission accomplished" and forget about race in politics. That, however, will not work. Although we have made amazing progress in the past

Five Supreme Court Justices just rolled back the most effective civil rights provision in our nation's history. What should we do now? One option is to declare "mission accomplished" and forget about race in politics. That, however, will not work. Although we have made amazing progress in the past

The Supreme Court dealt the Voting Rights Act a serious body blow Tuesday, but it did leave Congress an out. The court said, “Congress—if it is to divide the States—must identify those jurisdictions to be singled out on a basis that makes sense in light of current conditions.”

The Supreme Court just declared that the Civil War is no longer relevant to the history and administration of racial justice in America. In a sense, the court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder validated a generations-long effort -- first by Democrats and later by Ronald Reagan and the Bush