Discrimination

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June 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove…
April 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court…
April 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
March 27, 2013
OPINION - As Americans, it is up to each and every one of us to fight injustice and inequality when…
February 22, 2013
DETROIT (AP) - It's been called one of medicine's 'open secrets'— allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or…
February 20, 2013
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - An African-American nurse claims a Michigan hospital agreed to a man's request that no black nurses…
November 2, 2012
CHICAGO - At age 53, Marvin Jones finally became the fireman he'd always dreamed of becoming...
October 22, 2012
OPINION - Our issues, like all those of all Americans, should be raised and addressed in the national discourse by…
September 24, 2012
OPINION - Just because Saldana is not in the latest Tyler Perry movie, or tends to have white men as…
September 24, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - South Carolina is in federal court arguing that its new law requiring people prove their identity at…
September 19, 2012
The company reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, putting an end…
September 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent C. Gray and the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) have launched an…
September 13, 2012
An African-American girl and her mother plan legal action against a Los Angeles area school after the youth was allegedly…
September 7, 2012
BAY AREA - A class action law suit was filed in Alameda County this week alleging that the popular In-N-Out…
August 31, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys are wrapping up testimony in the federal trial of South Carolina's voter identification law...
August 29, 2012
From MadameNoire.com: A new study shows that the negative effects of discrimination and racism can last a lifetime, beginning when a
August 28, 2012
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A federal court has found evidence of discrimination in Texas voting maps drawn by the state's…
August 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Former Dunkin Donuts franchise owners, Reggie and Amy Pretto are suing the food chain for allegedly guiding…
August 20, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time in its 80-year history, Augusta National Golf Club has female members...
August 17, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A recently settled racial discrimination lawsuit involving dozens of Hispanic and black Philadelphia children who said they…