Tag: massachusetts trans political coalition

  • Solving for Space and Time: Ending homelessness by fixing the DTA and MBTA

    Solving for Space and Time: Ending homelessness by fixing the DTA and MBTA

    Photo: Shinya Suzuki What does improving the food system and reducing vehicle traffic and air pollution (especially in urban areas) have to do with ending homelessness worldwide? Everything. Well then, how can Massachusetts lead the rest of the world in doing this? Massachusetts could first humanize the management system used by the Department of Transitional…

  • Transgender Rights in Schools: Obama Administration Releases Guidance for Proper Action

    Transgender Rights in Schools: Obama Administration Releases Guidance for Proper Action

    Last week, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education unveiled “significant guidance” for public schools to follow in order to protect the civil rights of transgender students. This guidance initiative utilizes the past reforms of Title IX—an amendment which bars discrimination in all federally funded schools—to defend transgender liberties and justify any precautions that should…