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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Supreme Court: LGBTQ employees are protected from discrimination

    The All Black Lives Matter march in LA on June 14 denounced racial injustice and pushed for LGBTQ rights. Today, activists won a major expansion of those rights.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 15, 2020 • 1 min read

    The All Black Lives Matter march in LA on June 14 denounced racial injustice and pushed for LGBTQ rights. Today, activists won a major expansion of those rights. The Supreme Court ruled that gay and transgender people are protected from workplace discrimination. The court said they are included in the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s definition of sex.

    The court today also refused to hear the Trump administration’s challenge to California’s sanctuary cities law.

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    1. 0:00Supreme Court: LGBTQ employees are protected from discriminationYou’re reading this
    2. 9:21San Francisco’s efforts to drastically reform police
    3. 17:18What California’s fire season could look like during this pandemic
    4. 27:26How gyms are going to get customers back as they reopen
    5. 36:54Summer music picks: Celia Cruz, Nikko Gray, Rotary Connection
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Fire season during COVID-19
    1. 0:00Supreme Court: LGBTQ employees are protected from discriminationYou’re reading this
    2. 9:21San Francisco’s efforts to drastically reform police
    3. 17:18What California’s fire season could look like during this pandemic
    4. 27:26How gyms are going to get customers back as they reopen
    5. 36:54Summer music picks: Celia Cruz, Nikko Gray, Rotary Connection
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