Iris Halpern in the Press

  • Llano County, former librarian Suzette Baker reach settlement in wrongful termination suit

    Llano County, former librarian Suzette Baker reach settlement in wrongful termination suit

    By Bayliss Wagner,

    Austin American-Statesman

    Updated March 7, 2025 4:21 p.m

    Llano County has agreed to settle a lawsuit over its firing of librarian Suzette Baker amid a pressure campaign to remove several books from its public libraries, according to a Thursday court filing.

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  • A protest against book banning at the Georgia State Capitol in 2022.

    The Resistance: Five People Standing Up to Book Banners

    By Andrew Richard Albanese and Nathalie op de Beeck | Publishers Weekly

    Sep 16, 2024

    For many, defending the freedom to read has come at a steep cost. We recently talked with five librarians and educators who are standing up to the would-be censors.

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  • Residents of Llano County waiting to hear if their library system will be shut down on April 13, 2023.

    Judge denies motion to dismiss Llano librarian's lawsuit after she was fired over book ban

    Texas Public Radio | By Kayla Padilla

    Published August 28, 2024 at 1:08 PM CDT

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  • A memorial for Elijah McClain in Boston last year. Mr. McClain, 23, died after he was restrained with a chokehold and injected with ketamine, a powerful sedative, in Aurora, Colo., in 2019.Credit...Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images

    Elijah McClain’s Family Reaches Settlement With City of Aurora, Colo.

    Elijah McClain’s Family Reaches Settlement With City of Aurora, Colo.

    Mr. McClain died days after he was detained by the police in Aurora in 2019. The terms of the settlement were not made public.


    By Christine Hauser| New York Times     Oct. 19, 2021

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  • Erie Community Library, part of the High Plains Library District in Weld County.

    Former Weld County librarian wins settlement after district fired her for promoting LGBTQ, anti-racism programs

    By Matt Bloom| CPR NEWS Sep. 22, 2023,

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  • Former Douglas County Schools Superintendent Corey Wise at the CPR News studios in Denver on Thursday, April14, 2022.

    Douglas County School District settles with ousted superintendent Corey Wise over complaint

    By Jenny Brundin |CPR Apr. 17, 2023, 7:00 am

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  • Polis signs workplace harassment bill, removing ‘severe or pervasive’ requirement


    By Bente Birkeland| CPR News Jun. 6, 2023, 4:00 pm

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  • Jenny Brundin/CPR News Lacey Ganzy stands with her children, Jeramiah and Nevaeh. The family filed a lawsuit against the Douglas County School District for failing to protect students from racism and bullying.

    Lawsuit alleges Douglas County School District failed to protect students from racial harassment

    By Jenny Brundin |CPR News Aug. 2, 2023, 2:52 pm

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  • From top, clockwise: Rachel Woolf, Gretchen Ertl, Rachel Woolf for Education Week

    Schools Teach Civics. Do They Model It?

    By Stephen Sawchuk — May 07, 2019 | Education Week Corrected: May 13, 2019

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  • Elijah McClain in an undated photo. Family photo

    Judge finds sufficient evidence to continue Elijah McClain case

    McClain died after an encounter with police officers and paramedics in 2019.

    By Kyla Guilfoil | ABC NEWS July 19, 2022, 10:28 PM

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  • Explosive claim of transgender discrimination at Denver tire company

    By: Jennifer Lee Kovaleski

    Denver 7

    Posted 12:52 AM, Oct 04, 2017

    and last updated 1:33 AM, Oct 04, 2017

    DENVER -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EOCC) has filed a lawsuit against a Denver tire company claiming it refused to hire a transgender man because of his sex. 

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  • Lawsuit against Pueblo 60 school district alleges severe racial bullying

    Lawsuit against Pueblo 60 school district alleges severe racial bullying

    By Jenny Brundin| CPR Nov. 1, 2024, 4:00 am

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  • University of Michigan student Becca Wong, who said Young Life removed her "in direct retaliation" for reporting sexual assault in their local ministry. Sylvia Jarrus for Insider

    Young Life is under federal investigation after 4 women say they were removed from the ministry for reporting sexual misconduct

    Rachel Premack | Business Insider Oct 19, 2021, 10:08 PM CEST

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  • A librarian was fired after refusing to ban books. She fought back

    January 2, 2024 | Heard on All Things Considered

    By Matt Bloom

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  • Federal jury awards Colorado sheriff, deputies over $5M in First Amendment lawsuit

    A federal jury on Tuesday awarded over $5 million in damages to a Colorado sheriff and three deputies who accused the former sheriff of supporting a different candidate for sheriff.

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  • Grocery chain pays $280,000 to settle deaf job applicants' EEOC claims

    By Daniel Wiessner

    October 18, 20217:38 PM GMT+2

    Updated October 18, 2021

    (Reuters) - Arizona-based supermarket operator Sprouts Farmers Market will pay $280,000 to settle claims that it refused to hire three deaf job applicants or provide sign-language interpreters during job interviews, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.

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