The university has petitioned to remove the condition that the recipient must be "a person of the Caucasian race"
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:14 PM UTC
Life Race, columbia university
Earthjustice claims that black Rochelle, Ga. residents do not get the same sanitation as whites
Prachi Gupta Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:51 PM UTC
News Georgia, Racism, Sewage
The law would allow businesses to discriminate based on "sincerely held" religious and philosophical beliefs
Katie Mcdonough Friday, Apr 26, 2013 5:38 PM UTC
Life LGBT, LGBT Rights, Discrimination
Sponsor Sen. Jeff Merkley explains why this might be the year for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Alex Seitz-Wald Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 10:10 PM UTC
Politics Gay Rights, LGBT, Jeff Merkley
The state Senate passed a measure with language allowing officials to medically isolate people living with HIV/AIDS
Katie Mcdonough Friday, Mar 29, 2013 5:27 PM UTC
Life HIV/AIDS, HIV-positive
The restaurant chain's anti-discrimination policy prohibits it from supporting discriminatory organizations
Brady McCombs, Associated Press Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 9:16 PM UTC
Business Associated Press, Utah, Chipotle
If the Supreme Court strikes down the Voting Rights Act, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says, Congress will have to act
Jillian Rayfield Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 5:16 PM UTC
Politics Jim Sensenbrenner
The bill advanced despite concerns that it would make it easier to discriminate against gays and lesbians
Jillian Rayfield Monday, Mar 11, 2013 9:45 PM UTC
Politics Kentucky, Republicans
Economists see discrimination as a form of economic inefficiency -- and a massive misallocation of human resources
Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet Friday, Mar 1, 2013 4:19 PM UTC
Social AlterNet, Discrimination, Racism
Women at the bottom half of the workforce face point-blank discrimination when they're expecting
E.J. Graff, The American Prospect Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 6:11 PM UTC
Social The American Prospect, women
Federal court rules immigrants subjected to harsh confinement can't proceed with suit against federal officials
Natasha Lennard Friday, Jan 18, 2013 9:45 PM UTC
News Department of Justice
"My daughter also was gay. It destroyed her life and my grandson"
Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jan 11, 2013 8:31 PM UTC
Life LGBT, Gay Rights, LGBTQ
The court ruled that a dentist can fire a woman for being an “irresistible attraction" to him
Jillian Rayfield Friday, Dec 21, 2012 9:21 PM UTC
News Iowa, Discrimination
The Supreme Court will consider whether to eliminate the law that prevents discrimination at the polling places
Mark Sherman, Associated Press Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 3:09 PM UTC
News Supreme Court, From the Wires
The Supreme Court sidestepps cases that would end the Voting Rights Act's advance approval requirement
MARK SHERMAN and JAY REEVES,
AP Monday, Oct 29, 2012 2:50 PM UTC
Elections SCOTUS, Voting Rights
Racial and sexual discrimination claims have increased over the last five years, according to a new report
Jillian Rayfield Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 1:28 PM UTC
News U.S. Congress, Racism
A class-action suit alleges that the investment bank steered black borrowers to bad mortgages
Natasha Lennard Monday, Oct 15, 2012 6:58 PM UTC
Business Morgan Stanley, Discrimination
Last week, multiple panels of federal judges found that Texas' state Legislature targeted blacks and Latinos
Lois Beckett and Suevon Lee,
ProPublica Tuesday, Sep 4, 2012 7:03 PM UTC
Politics ProPublica, Texas, Federal courts
Groundbreaking new laws in Nigeria could make discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients a crime
Heather Murdock,
GlobalPost Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 3:36 PM UTC
Politics GlobalPost, Africa, AIDS