Thursday, September 18, 2008

Fat Rights: The Next Civil Rights Frontier? (Rebroadcast)

Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:06 p.m.

It is legal for employers and landlords to discriminate against people based on their weight in 49 states. Find out how 'weight' and 'height' came to be included in Michigan's anti-discrimination law, and why advocates say that Fat Rights...

Transgender Rights: Understanding Gender Questioning (Rebroadcast)

Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:06 p.m.

In states and cities across the country -- including the District and Baltimore, it's illegal to discriminate against transgender people. But a law designed to protect transgender individuals in suburban Maryland has sparked a contentious...

The Kojo Nnamdi Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.