Georgia town allegedly diverting sewage to black neighborhood
Eartjustice.org claims that black Rochelle, Ga. residents do not get the same sanitation as whites
Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:51 PM UTCNews Georgia, Racism, Sewage
Discrimination
News Georgia, Racism, Sewage
Washington state Republicans introduce measure to legalize LGBT discrimination
The law would allow businesses to discriminate based on "sincerely held" religious and philosophical beliefs
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 5:38 PM UTC 206Life LGBT, LGBT Rights, Discrimination
Will Congress finally outlaw anti-gay workplace discrimination?
Sponsor Sen. Jeff Merkley explains why this might be the year for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 10:10 PM UTC 10Politics Gay Rights, LGBT, Jeff Merkley
Kansas bill could allow for the quarantine of HIV-positive people
The state Senate passed a measure with language allowing officials to medically isolate people living with HIV/AIDS
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 5:27 PM UTC 17Life HIV/AIDS, HIV-positive
Chipotle pulls sponsorship of Utah Boy Scout event
The restaurant chain's anti-discrimination policy prohibits it from supporting discriminatory organizations
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 9:16 PM UTC 13Business Associated Press, Utah, Chipotle
GOPer at CPAC: I’ll “make” Republicans fix the Voting Rights Act
If the Supreme Court strikes down the Voting Rights Act, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says, Congress will have to act
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 5:16 PM UTCPolitics Jim Sensenbrenner
Kentucky bill could protect discrimination as “religious freedom”
The bill advanced despite concerns that it would make it easier to discriminate against gays and lesbians
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 9:45 PM UTC 35Politics Kentucky, Republicans
Racism and sexism are killing the U.S. economy
Economists see discrimination as a form of economic inefficiency -- and a massive misallocation of human resources
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 4:19 PM UTC 14Social AlterNet, Discrimination, Racism
Being a pregnant waitress can get you fired
Women at the bottom half of the workforce face point-blank discrimination when they're expecting
Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 6:11 PM UTCSocial The American Prospect, women
Judge clears DoJ over post-9/11 confinement of Muslims
Federal court rules immigrants subjected to harsh confinement can't proceed with suit against federal officials
Friday, Jan 18, 2013 9:45 PM UTCNews Department of Justice
Cafe owner pens anti-gay screed to lesbian customers
"My daughter also was gay. It destroyed her life and my grandson"
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 8:31 PM UTC 15Life LGBT, Gay Rights, LGBTQ
Iowa Supreme Court: Woman can be fired for being “irresistible”
The court ruled that a dentist can fire a woman for being an “irresistible attraction" to him
Friday, Dec 21, 2012 9:21 PM UTC 44News Iowa, Discrimination
High court to take new look at voting rights law
The Supreme Court will consider whether to eliminate the law that prevents discrimination at the polling places
Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 3:09 PM UTCNews Supreme Court, From the Wires
No high court action on voting rights law
The Supreme Court sidestepps cases that would end the Voting Rights Act's advance approval requirement
Monday, Oct 29, 2012 2:50 PM UTCElections SCOTUS, Voting Rights
Study: Rise in discrimination charges on Capitol Hill
Racial and sexual discrimination claims have increased over the last five years, according to a new report
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 1:28 PM UTCNews U.S. Congress, Racism
Morgan Stanley sued for subprime discrimination
A class-action suit alleges that the investment bank steered black borrowers to bad mortgages
Monday, Oct 15, 2012 6:58 PM UTCBusiness Morgan Stanley, Discrimination
Five ways Texas discriminates against minority voters
Last week, multiple panels of federal judges found that Texas' state Legislature targeted blacks and Latinos
Tuesday, Sep 4, 2012 7:03 PM UTCPolitics ProPublica, Texas, Federal courts
Africa: Decriminalizing AIDS
Groundbreaking new laws in Nigeria could make discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients a crime
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 3:36 PM UTCPolitics GlobalPost, Africa, AIDS
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