‘No promo homo’ laws: Legally required hate instruction in our schools
At least eight states have anti-LGBT curriculum laws that expressly require demeaning LGBT relationships or sexuality.
Author: Lisa Bloom, Avvo Legal Analyst
Jury to Vanderbilt football players: There’s no excuse for rape
Two Vanderbilt University football players offered appalling defenses in their rape case, which a Nashville jury quickly, soundly rejected.
The Supreme Court’s new gay marriage case tests MLK’s dream of true equality
Avvo legal analyst Lisa Bloom writes for The Huffington Post, “The Supreme Court’s New Gay Marriage Case Tests MLK’s Dream of True Equality.”
Why Woody Allen gets Amazon deal as Bill Cosby’s contracts are cancelled
Lisa Bloom: Amazon has the legal right to hire Woody Allen. We all have the right to be disgusted by that choice, and to say so loudly.
It’s not over in Ferguson: 3 formidable legal moves against prosecutor Bob McCulloch
Lisa Bloom on the new legal actions, with support from the ACLU and NAACP, against St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch and his team.
Witness 40 is a racist liar. Why did the Ferguson prosecutors have her testify?
Avvo legal analyst Lisa Bloom asks why, considering her troubling history, did Witness 40 testify in front of the Ferguson grand jury.
Top 10 of 2014: Lisa Bloom on the year’s standout crimes, cases and calls for justice
From the shooting of Mike Brown to the credibility of Dylan Farrow, Avvo legal analyst Lisa Bloom’s top 10 most-read stories of 2014.
Human rights begin at home
Groups like Amnesty International have increasingly pointed to American abuses of international norms in our policing, our prisons, and elsewhere.
Avvo legal analyst Lisa Bloom covers ‘no indictment’ decision in Eric Garner case
Lisa Bloom on Eric Garner case: “Today should be the last day local prosecutors ‘prosecute’ police buddies for killing civilians.”
In praise of the law Bill Cosby’s newest accuser used to sue him for child sexual abuse – 40 years later
The California law Judy Huth used to sue Bill Cosby for child sexual abuse is vital to the ability of molestation victims to seek justice.