About This Resource

Advancing Fairness is an independent educational resource about employment discrimination and civil rights at work. It exists to make a complex, high-stakes area of law understandable to ordinary readers: workers trying to make sense of an experience, students studying civil rights, journalists seeking background, and anyone curious about how fairness at work is protected and enforced.

What We Are

We are a topic library. Every page is written in plain language, organized around a single question, and linked to authoritative public sources such as the EEOC, the Department of Labor, and the federal courts. We favor durable explanations of how the law works over news of the moment, so the material stays useful over time.

What We Are Not

This is not a law firm, and it is not affiliated with any law firm, government agency, advocacy organization, employer, or party to any legal case. We do not provide legal advice, take cases, collect claims, solicit clients, or accept donations. Nothing on this site creates an attorney-client relationship. Where we discuss specific cases, we do so strictly as matters of public record and for educational illustration, drawing on widely reported filings, agency actions, and settlements.

How We Handle Real Cases

Some of the most instructive lessons in employment law come from real disputes. When we describe them, we stick to the public record, avoid characterizing individuals beyond what appeared in public documents and reporting, and focus on the legal principles a case illustrates rather than on any person involved. If you are looking for materials, contacts, or representation connected to a particular case, this resource is not the place to find them — the appropriate agency or a licensed attorney is.

Our Point of View

We believe that fair treatment at work is both a legal right and a public good, and that the best way to strengthen it is to help more people understand it. Informed workers assert their rights; informed employers build better policies; informed citizens support better laws. That is the modest theory behind this site.

To begin exploring, visit understanding employment discrimination or browse the resources page. If you have a question about the site itself, our contact page explains how to reach us. Please also review our disclaimer.