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Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index U.S. Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper U.S. | Could the U.S. Get Paid Family Leave? It’s Looking Better Than Ever Supported by in her words The United States is the only industrialized country that doesn’t guarantee its citizens paid family leave. A proposed bill could change that. ByMaya Salam Feb. 15, 2019 Welcome to In Her Words, where women rule the headlines. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Let me know what you think at [email protected] Are you on Instagram? Follow us here. “ If the C-suite gets paid leave, then the factory floor worker should also get paid leave. ” — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who this week reintroduced legislation that would grant 12 weeks of paid family leave to U.S. employees New baby. Sick parents. Personal illness. Regardless of the circumstances, taking unpaid … [Read more...] about Could the U.S. Get Paid Family Leave? It’s Looking Better Than Ever

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index U.S. Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper U.S. | Transgender Man Awarded $120,000 in Discrimination Case at Iowa Prison Supported by ByChristine Hauser Feb. 14, 2019 In 2015, Jesse Vroegh, a registered nurse working in an Iowa prison, asked his employers at the state Department of Corrections to allow him to use the men’s restrooms and locker rooms at work because he was transitioning from female to male. But the department denied his requests, citing its concerns about the “rights of the male officers” and saying that transgender issues were “too controversial,” according to a lawsuit. Jurors in Iowa thought differently. On Wednesday, a jury in District Court in Polk County awarded Mr. Vroegh $120,000, for workplace discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity and for damages related to being denied insurance … [Read more...] about Transgender Man Awarded $120,000 in Discrimination Case at Iowa Prison

U.S. Donald Trump Four days on from President Donald Trump completing a four-hour physical exam, the White House has yet to release details about the results of the tests. The absence of information beyond an initial short memo has prompted the longtime cardiologist of former Vice President Dick Cheney to suggest that the White House was “hiding” something. “It’s been 4 days since the president underwent his annual physical exam and still no data has been released. What are they hiding?” Dr. Jonathan Reiner wrote on Twitter Tuesday. It’s been 4 days since the president underwent his annual physical exam and still no data has been released. What are they hiding? @jaketapper @peterbakernyt— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) February 12, 2019 Reiner is the director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at The George Washington University Hospital and professor of medicine at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In 2013, he … [Read more...] about White House Is ‘Hiding’ Something About Donald Trump’s Physical Exam, Says Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index U.S. Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper U.S. | With Abortion in Spotlight, States Seek to Pass New Laws Supported by ByJulia Jacobs and Matt Stevens Feb. 8, 2019 The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Louisiana law that its opponents say would leave the state with a single doctor authorized to perform abortions, the latest development in the national legal fight over the fate of abortion law under a conservative-leaning court. Louisiana’s law, which requires that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, was enacted in 2014. But in recent days and weeks, there has been a flurry of new state legislation that could prove important if the nation’s highest court rules on more abortion-related cases. Since the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in July, abortion rights groups have warned of a … [Read more...] about With Abortion in Spotlight, States Seek to Pass New Laws

U.S. Donald Trump President Donald Trump took his second annual physical examination on Friday and his physician stated he "is in very good health." The positive report came despite Trump reportedly not following a diet and exercise plan set for him after last year's physical. “While the reports and recommendations are being finalized, I am happy to announce the President of the United States is in very good health and I anticipate he will remain so for the duration of his Presidency, and beyond,” physician to the president Sean Conley wrote in a memo to White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Conley oversaw the four-hour exam, which involved 11 board-certified specialists. Trump did not undergo procedures that required anesthesia or sedation. His weight and other measures such as cholesterol were not revealed in the intial memo released late afternoon Friday.  “The President is very grateful for the outstanding care he received … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Physical Exam Shows He’s in ‘Very Good Health,’ Doctor Says, Despite Not Following Diet, Exercise Plan