employment

  • Marilyn Mosby Requests Nightly Curfew Instead of Home Detention to Accommodate New Job with Travel Needs

    Former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has formally requested a federal judge to replace her current home detention with a nightly curfew. Her legal team argues the modification is necessary for her new job that requires routine travel throughout Maryland. In a motion filed on Friday, Mosby’s federal public defenders sought permission for a…

  • DOJ Sues Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Religious Discrimination

    On May 3, 2024, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for denying an employee’s religious accommodation request to wear a head covering. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleges that TDCJ’s refusal to accommodate the employee’s religious practice…

  • Democrats Reintroduce Federal CROWN Act Legislation to Prohibit Hair Discrimination

    Democratic lawmakers have revived efforts to pass federal legislation aimed at banning discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture with the reintroduction of the CROWN Act. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey introduced HR 8191, also known as the CROWN Act of 2024, in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, April…