News
On this page you'll find NSCLC press releases, links to media coverage of NSCLC, and general announcements.
- Supreme Court leaned right on many issues this term (Los Angeles Times) (2009/07/05) Simon Lazarus explains that the Supreme Court's decision in Gross vs. FBL Financial Services effectively repeals the age-discrimination law for millions of American workers.
- Chicago Conference Highlights Plight of LGBT Ethnic Elders (New America Media) (2009/07/02) This article by Paul Kleyman of New America Media examines the multiple jeopardies confronting ethnic LGBT people in their later years
- Don’t Blame Democrats for Republican Obstruction of Obama’s Judicial Nominees (2009/06/25) In this article in Roll Call, NSCLC Public Policy Counsel Simon Lazarus clarifies the evolution of "standards" governing Senate treatment of judicial nominees from recent Democratic and Republican presidents.
- NYT: A Test for Equal Justice (2009/06/23) New York Times editorial on LSC restrictions
- NSCLC, Other Advocates Urge Congress to Lift LSC Restrictions (2009/06/23) NSCLC joined the Brennan Center for Justice and 60 other groups to urge Congress to lift restrictions on Legal Services Corporation grantees.
- Washington Post Calls for Congress to End LSC Restrictions (2009/06/22) Congress should free legal aid lawyers from burdensome restrictions.
- Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court makes age-bias suits harder to win (2009/06/19) With workplace age-discrimination claims rising rapidly, the Supreme Court made it much harder Thursday for older workers to win in court.
- Chinese Elders Rush for Help as TV Goes Digital (2009/06/19) New America Media reports that as the Digital TV transition neared, there were still 50,000 to 60,000 unprepared households in the Bay Area rushing for help, including Chinese elders, many of whom face lots of difficulties preparing for the transition.
- La Opinión: Planes de más recortes se vislumbran en California (2009/06/13) NSCLC Attorney Anna Rich is quoted in this article on how California budget cuts will especially affect IHSS’s LEP beneficiaries.
- LGBT and HIV Health Care Fairness Survey (2009/06/11) Information from this survey will be used to educate politicians and other decision-makers about the specific problems health care reform must address.
