Feb 14th, 2010 · More than 10 years after the Agriculture Department promised to compensate black farmers for discrimination, some 70,000 of them have yet to be paid. Many of these farmers plan to be in Washington on Monday to ask the government to pay up.
Feb 14th, 2010 · More than 10 years after the Agriculture Department promised to compensate black farmers for discrimination, some 70,000 of them have yet to be paid. Many of these farmers plan to be in Washington on Monday to ask the government to pay up.
Jan 13th, 2010 · Federal law prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion and gender — but not sexual orientation. Follow the history of gay rights and discrimination in the workplace, from the anti-gay witch hunts of the McCarthy era to pending anti-discrimination legislation today.
Jan 12th, 2010 · In 2001, the food services giant Sodexo was hit with a class action discrimination lawsuit by a group of African-American employees. The suit set off a period of self-examination and the development of strategies to make the company more inclusive.
Jan 11th, 2010 · In San Francisco, a federal court trial on Proposition 8 — California's ban on gay marriage — begins. Voters approved the measure in November 2008, but gay rights groups say Proposition 8 is unconstitutional because it discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation and gender. It's the nation's first trial in any court on same-sex marriage and is expected to run two to three weeks. Melissa Block talks to NPR's Richard Gonzales.
Dec 29th, 2009 · Like many kids with intellectual disabilities these days, Micah Fialka-Feldman went to his neighborhood high school in Michigan and graduated. Then he wanted to try college. Nearby Oakland University is one of many schools and community colleges that are setting up programs for students with intellectual disabilities. But it wouldn't let Fialka-Feldman live on campus so he sued, and a judge has ruled that he was discriminated against.
Dec 18th, 2009 · The Obama administration may be trying to mount a case against digital finger-imaging of federal food assistance applicants, a practice four states are implementing in order to combat fraud. Anti-hunger workers say it discriminates against the country's poor.
Dec 1st, 2009 · China has managed to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS, but dealing with deep-rooted social stigma is proving much harder. A new report by the UNAIDS program says that 42 percent of AIDS sufferers in China have experienced discrimination because of their condition. World AIDS Day is held annually on Dec. 1 to raise awareness about the disease.