Awards and Certifications From October 22-24
Whirlpool Gets Perfect Equality Score: Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE: WHR) Friday announced that it has received a score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign on the 2011 Corporate Equality...
View ArticleOpinion: Obama Fails To Address Black America’s Disappointments With His...
While President Barack Obama wants to sound admirable by saying he’s not the President of black America but the President of all Americans, the insinuation made by Black Enterprise Magazine that Obama...
View ArticleReport: Michigan Women Still Make Less Then Men
LANSING (WWJ) - For every dollar a man makes in Michigan, a woman makes 74 cents. That’s according to a study by the National Women’s Law Center, which reports Michigan has the seventh-worst wage gap...
View ArticleIssue Looms In Lansing As Push Continues For LGBT Rights In Michigan
LANSING (WWJ) — The country celebrates a milestone this week — it has been 50 years since the Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. In Michigan, the push is on to expand the...
View ArticleMichigan GOP Bill To Prohibit Gay Bias Under Fire
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING (AP) — Republicans on Wednesday proposed a long-awaited bill to prohibit discrimination against gays, though chances dimmed for legislative approval of the...
View ArticleLicense To Discriminate? Lawmakers Consider Bill Allowing Doctors, EMTs To...
LANSING (WWJ) - Can doctors and emergency medical technicians legally refuse to give life saving assistance to a gay person, if the caregiver doesn’t believe in the gay lifestyle? That question is...
View ArticleConcerns Of Racism Within Detroit Police Department Has Group Calling For...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Amid concerns of racism in the Detroit police department, a citizen’s group is demanding a recent report on race and equality be released to the public. The Detroit Coalition Against...
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