A class action in Orange County Court, Calif., claims R.J. Reynolds Tobacco discriminates against Black and homosexual employees by, among other things, “advising employees, such as the plaintiff, that they work for a ‘conservative company’ based in North Carolina and that the gay lifestyle is ‘offensive’ not only to plaintiff’s teammates but also management and those in leadership position.”
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A fan of the heavy metal band Slayer, a British-themed pub owner, a man who wants to take back the term “queer” from bigots, and a motorcycle aficionada have one thing in common: They’ve all run afoul of the personalized license plate censor at the California DMV.
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While a majority of Americans believe racial discrimination is a huge problem in the United States, the public is split on whether race relations will be improved by recent racial justice demonstrations according to a poll released Wednesday.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday found a doctrine that insulates religious institutions from lawsuits over their hiring and firing decisions bars two teachers from suing their two Los Angeles-area Catholic schools for employment discrimination.
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Going over the team owner’s head, more than a dozen Native American leaders and organizations wrote to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, demanding a name change for the Washington Redskins.
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An 11th Circuit panel on Monday upheld a judge’s decision to strip a $750,000 jury award from a deaf supermarket employee who has been fighting Costco over its handling of her disability in the workplace.
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A group representing French-American taxpayers is filing a new lawsuit over U.S. tax and banking rules they say are preventing them from opening online banking accounts in France, their lawyer said Monday.
Read moreDiagnosis of the BRCA1 mutation — a gene that substantially limits normal cell growth and increases the risk of breast cancer — could be considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Sixth Circuit ruled. The court revived disability discrimination claims against a day care brought by a former employee who was fired after having a double mastectomy.
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Managers who believe gender discrimination is a thing of the past showed bias against women by suggesting a female job candidate be paid 8% less than an identically qualified man, according to new research.
Read morePoliticization of disease has a long, depressing history in what we know today as the Western World.
Read moreAnger against people from two districts in Germany under new coronavirus lockdowns is “completely unacceptable and disgusting,” Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Friday after reports they are being targeted with insults and vandalism.
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The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to prohibit police from using facial-recognition technology, becoming the largest city in the country to do so after San Francisco.
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Georgia lawmakers approved a new hate crimes bill Tuesday afternoon that, if signed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp, would finally add the Peach State to a list of 46 other states with hate crimes legislation currently on their books.
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A group of LGBTQ clinics sued the Trump administration on Monday claiming it rolled back Obamacare protection for their clients while the country is struggling to control a pandemic.
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Facebook has removed campaign ads by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, communists and others in concentration camps.
Read moreIn answers to two certified questions from a federal court, the Washington Supreme Court held that a school district can be subject to strict liability for discrimination in places of public accommodation by its employees and, under the meaning of state law protecting people from certain discriminatory practices, intentional sexual misconduct can amount to discrimination.
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Supreme Court watchers were left scratching their heads when they learned Justice Neil Gorsuch was the author of Monday’s landmark LGBT rights ruling, but not because the Trump appointee might have been expected to side with his conservative colleagues in dissent.
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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled federal anti-discrimination protections apply when companies fire people because they are gay or transgender.
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