The city of Fort Collins, Colorado, must face gender-discrimination and retaliation claims from a crime analyst who said her error rate was less than 0.001% when her supervisor reassigned her work to men, saying he’d “lost confidence” in her performance, a federal judge ruled.
Read morehe D.C. Circuit reinstated most of a federal regulation that expanded geographical-coverage requirements for credit unions. On remand, however, the trial court must consider whether the rule might have a discriminatory impact on poor and minority urban residents.
Read moreA ban on sex changes in the military will remain in place, but advocates praised a federal judge Wednesday for advancing their suit that contests the policy as transgender discrimination.
Read morePhiladelphia’s police commissioner resigned Tuesday amid allegations that members of his department engaged in sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against two women serving in the ranks.
Read moreAnti-vax parents who tried to circumvent New York’s vaccine mandate by alleging disability discrimination failed Monday to secure a federal injunction.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Facebook of violating the Fair Housing Act by using demographic data that “makes it possible for real estate brokers and landlords to exclude certain buyers or renters from ever seeing their ads.”
Read moreA federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Friday that the state cannot deny Medicaid coverage for sex-reassignment surgeries and other hormonal procedures, finding they are medically accepted and effective treatments.
Read moreA black student claims in a federal lawsuit that white administrators at his Texas junior high school humiliated him and violated his civil rights by coloring in a stylized line in his haircut with a black Sharpie.
Read moreLess than a month after unprofessional behavior reportedly got her fired from what would have been her first Broadway show in 40 years, Faye Dunaway was hit with a lawsuit Thursday from a former assistant who says he has hard evidence of the Oscar-winning actress being abusive.
Read moreUnder a federal rule proposed by the Trump administration on Wednesday, workers who are LGBTQ or who are pregnant and unmarried could be legally fired by government contractors based on the employers’ religious views.
Read moreA city in Michigan properly negotiated a consent decree to permit the construction of a mosque in a residential neighborhood, the Sixth Circuit ruled. Citizens’ First Amendment rights were not violated when the mayor cut off public comments that were irrelevant to zoning considerations, such as commenters’ preference not to “live near Muslims.”
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A top Trump administration official says the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants to the country is about “people coming from Europe” and that America is looking to receive immigrants “who can stand on their own two feet.”
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When Albuquerque’s poet laureate arrived at an art show featuring Mexican-American women, the first thing she did was scan the room. Two exits. One security guard. If a shooter bursts in, she thought, how do my husband and I get out of here alive?
Read moreA federal court in Massachusetts dismissed race discrimination claims against the Harvard Law Review Association and Harvard Law school. Two nonprofit groups alleged that the law review used “race and sex preferences” when selecting student members of the association, choosing articles and hiring law school faculty.
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A federal judge in Virginia ruled Friday that a school board’s transgender bathroom ban discriminated against a former student, Gavin Grimm.
Read moreA California judge has tossed an age-discrimination lawsuit Thursday against the state’s Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and the Judicial Council, brought by eight retired judges challenging limits on the number of years they can continue working after retirement.
Read moreA federal court in Ohio ruled that a class of minor drivers who were denied licenses due to the citizenship status of their parents have a viable claim for equal protection violations against the Bureau of Motor Vehicle, finding that the disputed policy is discriminatory and does nothing to serve that state’s interest in protecting the public.
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