A North Carolina Jewish group and rabbi claim in a federal lawsuit that the Durham City Council’s adoption of a policy barring city police from training in Israel spreads anti-Semitism and deepens racial tensions.
Read moreThe Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to vacate a death-penalty conviction in a case where the prosecutor had a history of racially motivated juror strikes.
Read moreEverybody these days, from the president on down, has been accusing Facebook of bias, but it took one determined coalition to back up their discrimination claims in a U.S. court of law.
Read moreA federal judge found that a black police officer who was found not guilty of domestic violence charges sufficiently alleged that the District of Columbia Police Department discriminated against him by firing him, while a white colleague who was convicted of similar charges was not fired.
Read moreMIAMI (CN) – The 11th Circuit on Tuesday tackled the question of whether it is unconstitutional for county officials in
Read moreState employees claim in court that North Carolina’s government health plan discriminates against transgender people by not providing them with coverage for vital medical care.
Read moreThe Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that the state’s Medicaid program must cover the cost of sex-change operations for transgender persons.
Read moreReviving claims that a landlord had the power to stop one racist tenant from targeting another, the Second Circuit ruled Monday that the landlord may be liable for failure to correct a hostile housing environment.
Read moreA former campaign worker for President Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming he kissed her without her consent before a 2016 campaign rally in Florida.
Read moreA disproportionate number of black residents of Los Angeles are homeless because of discriminatory housing and employment policies, structural racism in policing and unconscious bias in homeless services, according to a study issued Monday.
Read moreThe government’s men-only mandate for military draft registration is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled late Friday, declining to postpone a legal challenge until a commission formed by Congress to mull changes to the draft releases its final report next year.
Read moreA retired U.S. marshal prevailed at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in alleging that West Virginia discriminates by taxing his pension but not those of some state workers.
Read moreSlamming a razor-thin vote that upheld a New Hampshire beach town’s ban on topless women, the dissenting justices accused the majority Friday of upending the safeguards of equal protection.
Read moreA federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the University of Iowa violated a Christian student organization’s rights to free speech and free exercise of religion by stripping the group’s campus privileges after it refused to elect a gay man to a leadership position.
Read moreRecommending the dismissal of an unusual case between EU member states, a magistrate said Wednesday that Austria cannot support discrimination claims over a new highway tax in Germany.
Read moreA men’s basketball coach fired over alleged recruitment violations failed to sway a federal judge that the court must step in to safeguard his arbitration battle with the University of Connecticut.
Read moreThe full Seventh Circuit held oral arguments Tuesday to decide whether a Wisconsin school district can be held liable for not taking action against a security guard who frequently “full frontal bear hugged” and massaged students, leading to accusations he sexually abused a middle school girl.
Read moreLawyers for a Christian student group at the University of Iowa urged a federal judge Friday to find that the college unfairly stripped its status as registered student organization after the group denied a gay member a leadership position.
Read moreA federal judge approved a final consent decree between Illinois and the Chicago Police Department on Thursday, ensuring court oversight over a department that has been under fire the past few years for brutality, discrimination and lack of accountability.
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