Discrimination

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January 8, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished…
December 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — PNC Financial Services Group is paying $35 million to resolve government claims of discrimination in residential loans…
December 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama gave a provocative speech about race, class and inequality in Southeast Washington today. Here's a…
November 14, 2013
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — Officials in a southern New Jersey town approved a settlement Wednesday to end a high-profile…
November 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, demonstrating the nation's quickly…
November 5, 2013
MSNBC - The township denies that race had anything to do with the decision, saying that it was a last…
October 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In less than a week, Barneys New York went from being one of the nation's most admired…
October 27, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z said Saturday he's being unfairly 'demonized' for just waiting to hear all of the facts...
September 24, 2013
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Bank of America topay black job applicants more…
September 18, 2013
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama is ordering changes in its sorority system amid charges of discrimination in…
September 13, 2013
NBC News - The national Pi Beta Phi leadership teams says they are investigating the University of Alabama chapter of…
September 3, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal jury has rejected the argument that use of the N-word among blacks can be…
August 29, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — A court document detailing terms of a $160 million discrimination settlement with Merrill Lynch says the brokerage…
August 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Wild Wing Cafe in Charleston, S.C. has been under fire for allegedly taking racist action against…
August 12, 2013
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah restaurant…
August 8, 2013
E! Online - The TV and Internet personality, who is openly gay and transgender, has sued BET for $2.5 million,…
July 24, 2013
MSNBC - George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin. Marissa Alexander received a 20-year sentence for firing what she…
July 18, 2013
ESSAY - At the end of the George Zimmerman trial, those long suppressed memories made an unwelcomed hello...
July 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Believing the common bond of motherhood would lead to smooth relationships, when Pope entered her work environment…
June 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has thrown out lower court rulings that blocked a Texas voter identification law and…