Players for the U.S. women's national soccer team have filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit seeking pay that is equitable to that of their male counterparts. The action comes just three months before the team will defend its title at the Women's World Cup in France. The players allege that...
Black Americans Mostly Left Behind by Progress Since Dr. King's Death
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, a half century ago, the wholesale racial integration required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was just beginning to chip away at discrimination in education, jobs and public facilities....
$1.5M Settlement for Muslim Workers Fired in Prayer Dispute
DENVER — A big U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs at a Colorado plant after they were refused prayer breaks, a federal anti-discrimination agency said Friday. Cargill Meat Solutions, a division of Minnesota-based agribusiness company Cargill Corp.,...
'Turban Man' Is Latest Slur as Sikh Politicians Near & Far Fight Prejudice
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is on a mission to serve as a voice for minorities and fight federal legislation that negatively impacts U.S. immigrants. Along the way, he's encountering the same prejudices other Sikhs face. For example, on Wednesday, two talk-radio hosts in his home state repeatedly referred...
Victory for Trump and McConnell. Supreme Court Upholds Travel Ban.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority. The 5-4 decision Tuesday is the court's first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy, and the president quickly...
Did Racial Bias Lead to Fresno Unified Hair Policy Change? Mom Says Yes.
Fresno Unified School District is suspending enforcement of its hairstyle policy. And while neither the superintendent nor the school board president says it is in reaction to allegations of racial bias, a mother who is also a substitute teacher says her son was discriminated against. Superintendent Bob Nelson announced the change...
Trump Travel Ban Is Just One of Many U.S. Policies That Legalize Muslim Discrimination
On Jan. 19, a year after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban was issued, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments against the latest third version signed by Trump on Sept. 24, 2017. This version remains in full effect. Under the ban, nationals from eight countries are subject to travel...
Trump Travel Ban Is Just One of Many U.S. Policies That Legalize Muslim Discrimination
On Jan. 19, a year after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban was issued, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments against the latest third version signed by Trump on Sept. 24, 2017. This version remains in full effect. Under the ban, nationals from eight countries are subject to travel...
Convert, Leave or Die — What Happened to American Dream?
"Go back to your own country." It's a comment often directed at Muslims in America today. Yet, a vast majority (over 80 percent) of those who practice the Islamic faith across the country are U.S. citizens, according to a report by Pew Research Center. Almost half of those surveyed reported...
Convert, Leave or Die — What Happened to American Dream?
"Go back to your own country." It's a comment often directed at Muslims in America today. Yet, a vast majority (over 80 percent) of those who practice the Islamic faith across the country are U.S. citizens, according to a report by Pew Research Center. Almost half of those surveyed reported...