Discrimination

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September 16, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - A jury has found that an upscale Atlanta restaurant did not violate the civil rights of an…
September 15, 2011
OPINION - The libertarian arguments are flawed on all sides: let sick people die, leave the elderly to their own…
September 12, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Joe Barry Carroll played parts of 10 seasons in the NBA for several teams in the 1980s.…
September 10, 2011
OPINION - Putting a black doll on the market, from the mainstream point of view, is risky...
September 8, 2011
Mother Jones - The Brookings/PRRI study uses "reverse discrimination"--an unfortunate term that suggests a difference in kind, not in degree--to…
September 6, 2011
Our appearance is emerging in legal disputes as a new kind of discrimination. 'Lookism', it is claimed, is the new…
August 17, 2011
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that African-American candidates did not wait too long before filing a lawsuit…
August 16, 2011
The people left standing outside in December were African-American, Hispanic, and Cape Verdean, said the suit, announced yesterday...
August 10, 2011
OPINION - Young people of color were able to make more of a connection between race and disparities in opportunity…
August 5, 2011
OPINION - Employment advocates maintain that unemployment discrimination could be illegal if there is a disparate impact on groups such…
July 29, 2011
For the second time in less than a year, a fair-housing advocacy organization has filed suit in U.S. District Court…
July 20, 2011
An Indiana man is suing a blood bank for operating with broken 'gaydar' ...
July 19, 2011
A woman in Leesburg, Va., is receiving national attention after she responded to queries about an ad on craigslist about…
July 19, 2011
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, which represented black farmers in the Pigford…
July 18, 2011
WEB RUNDOWN - With a protracted racial discrimination lawsuit looming over the Fire Department, Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano went to…
July 14, 2011
VIDEO - The caucasian males have been charged with civil rights intimidation after being arrested for throwing fire crackers and…
July 13, 2011
VIDEO - Vishon Murphy knows the phrase "no shirt, no shoes, no service" but when he decided to wear a…
July 8, 2011
American Apparel will pay $343,000 to Christopher Renfro, a black former employee who claims he was repeatedly called racial slurs…
July 8, 2011
OPINION - For African-Americans -- the most loyal of Obama's base, and voters he will surely need to secure his…
July 5, 2011
VIDEO - Eight African-American students, known as the "Park Vista 8", believe the school's decision not to allow them on…