Is this the worst defense ever to a discrimination claim?
Litigation is painful. It takes a lot of time, costs a lot of money, and has lots of variables that you just can’t control. Especially whe...
What’s really at stake when the Supreme Court decides LGBTQ rights under Title VII
By Jon Hyman
Sometime next Spring the Supreme Court will announce its decision on whether Title VII’s prohibition against sex discrimination implicitly...
My dog was victim-blamed … and I don’t like it
By Jon Hyman
On Friday, Dante, our five-month-old puppy, was attacked while in the (what we thought was the) safety our our fenced-in yard. New neighbo...
WIRTW #573 (the “last laugh” edition)
By Jon Hyman
When I go, I hope I have enough forethought to go out like this. A dead man pranked his family at his own funeral by using a recording ...
New EEOC case is a not-so-subtle reminder that we still have a lot of work to do to improve race relations
By Jon Hyman
The allegations in this case —which the EEOC just filed against a Louisiana river transporter—remind us that while race relations have imp...