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Maryland State Police troopers allege racial discrimination in a new lawsuit

The 40-page class-action lawsuit alleges the state's law enforcement agency has a history of engaging in systemic discrimination against its officers of color.

WEKU

Make poverty discrimination illegal like racism or sexism, official to tell UN

Exclusive: ‘Povertyism’ restricts access to education, housing, employment and social benefits and must be outlawed, says special rapporteur

The Guardian - UK

Canadian tribunal seeks revamp of C$20 billion deal for First Nations children

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), whose landmark decisions on discrimination against First Nations children set the stage for a historic C$20 billion compensation agreement, threw the deal into doubt after it said the agreement does not fully satisfy its orders.

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How Quebec’s Human Rights Commission Drove Out Its First Black Female President

When she was appointed to run the commission, Tamara Thermitus expected to fight racism in her province. Instead, she had to deal with it in her workplace

The Walrus

Football ‘seeing a significant increase in discrimination’, DCMS told

Kick It Out chair Tony Burnett was speaking to a DCMS committee on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Football ‘seeing a significant increase in incidents of discrimination’

FOOTBALL at all levels is experiencing a rise in instances of discrimination, Kick It Out chair Tony Burnett told a DCMS committee on Tuesday.

The National (Scotland)

Locals furious at out-of-town diner whose complaint got pub's Ladies Night cancelled

The Star Inn pub's long running Ladies Night is cancelled after one man claimed the night was 'discrimination' after not wanting to pay the pubs full price for food.

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Baker who refused to make cake for lesbian wedding wins landmark court case

Cathy Miller cited her Christian beliefs when she refused to make a cake for couple Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio. Furious the care lodge a discrimination case which has now been dismissed by a judge

Daily Mirror

Stagecoach bus driver loses sex discrimination case

A boss told a female bus driver 'I feel sorry for your husband'.

Wales Online

Why are we still waiting for equal pay after 50 years?

On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, we need to not merely prohibit but instead prevent discrimination in pay on the basis of sex, ethnicity or disability, says Dr Claire Dale

Newsroom.co.nz

Call for Glasgow artists to tackle mental health stigma in art fund application

The Anti-Stigma Arts Fund – operated by See Me – provides funds for individuals, groups, and organisations to create artwork to address mental health discrimination.

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire artists urged to apply for fund to help tackle mental health stigma

See Me’s Anti-Stigma Arts Fund now open for applications

Daily Record

Taking the knee has come and gone again but football's racism issues still exist

There are still a number of challenges regarding discrimination in football and progress continues to move at a slow pace despite the increase in awareness on the subject following the Black Lives Matter movement

Daily Mirror

Former north suburban police officer sues to get job back, alleging discrimination

Brianna Tedesco said she was unjustly fired from the Lakemoor Police Department in July 2019 after struggling with a gun-wielding man during a traffic stop.

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Louisiana Panel Will Examine Protecting Legal Medical Marijuana Patients On The Job

In June, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) signed nearly 100 bills into law aimed at protecting medical marijuana patients. Among them was one from Rep.

The Independent UK

Nevada voters weigh state version of Equal Rights Amendment

Nevada voters are deciding whether to adopt an Equal Rights Amendment into their state constitution, which would add language guaranteeing equal rights to groups of people who have historically been discriminated against

France 24

The persecution of the Hazaras: Afghan Shiites targeted by deadly attacks

Afghanistan's Hazara community, a Shiite minority, is regularly targeted by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State (IS) group, which considers Hazaras as heretics. Dozens of people, mostly girls, were killed in an attack on an education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on September 30. Although the attack…

The Conversation

Think private renting is hard? First Nations people can be excluded from the start

Private rental housing provides homes, often long-term homes, for one in four Australian households. People can experience various forms of discrimination when seeking, living in or leaving a rental property, and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples it’s another one of many barriers they face. Our new research presents…

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Pauline Hanson to pay $250k for defamation

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has to pay $250,000 for defaming ex-senator Brian Burston, but he still faces her sexual discrimination case against him.

Newsroom.co.nz

The 50th birthday of the Equal Pay Act is no cause for celebration

Gender pay gaps are still alive and well in NZ to the tune of nearly $8b a year despite decades of campaigning for what should be a basic right, says Jo Cribb

The Guardian - UK

Judiciary in England and Wales ‘institutionally racist’, says report

Exclusive: more than half of legal professionals in survey said they saw a judge acting in a racially biased way

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court will end the era of college diversity

At the end of this month, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments in two closely watched cases on affirmative action in higher education. They’re widely expected to overturn the 1978 case that allowed racial diversity to become an organizing principle for college admissions. Like Roe v. Wade,…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Workplace anti-bias trainings aren’t enough

In September, when a federal judge partially blocked Florida’s “Stop Woke Act,” which would have banned workplaces from holding mandatory trainings on race- or sex-based discrimination, it was considered a victory for diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs. But this ignores the fact that DEI training, since it began…

Daily Mirror

'It's high time to rid the Met Police of racism and discrimination for good'

Darren Lewis calls on new Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley to act fast on the back of Baroness Casey's damning report which revealed the shocking extent to which misogyny and racism exist in the force

Irish Mirror

James McClean abuse prompts Sunderland to stress 'zero tolerance' for discrimination

A statement on the club’s official website on Monday said: “Sunderland AFC has a zero-tolerance policy against all forms of discrimination.

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