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Australia's #MeToo puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history

Australia's mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political leaders who are preparing to face a reckoning over sexual harassment scandals stretching from the arid Outback to Parliament House.

Reuters

Privacy Activists Caution Against Zoom's Latest Tool

Activists have warned against Zoom Video Communications, Inc's (NASDAQ:ZM) analyzing emotion and engagement feature of triggering bias and violating personal privacy, Bloomberg reports. Zoom introduced Zoom IQ, a post-call analysis of speaker sentiment powered by artificial intelligence for salespeople. Zoom IQ offered metrics like engagement or patience to improve future communication and deal-making.…

Benzinga

No, the Supreme Court is Not Going to Reconsider the Constitutionality of Bans on Interracial Marriage

There's a lot of loose talk going around about the potential consequences of the Court's pending decision to overrule Roe v. Wade. Among other things, some serious people, such as several law professors in this Vox symposium, are suggesting that the Court may overrule Loving v. Virginia, which held that…

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What might NeNe Leakes get out of suing Bravo for racial discrimination?

ATLANTA — Bravo turned NeNe Leakes into a star. NeNe Leakes turned “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” into a hit. For much of the past 14 years, the network and the long-time Duluth resident have had a mutually beneficial relationship.

Tribune News Service

How rural Canada can attract and retain international health-care providers: Address discrimination, provide support

Smaller communities in Canada, particularly those located in rural areas, find it difficult to attract and especially retain health-care professionals, leading to poorer health outcomes.

The Conversation

Zoom Urged by Rights Groups to Rule Out ‘Creepy’ AI Emotion Tech

Human rights groups have urged video-conferencing company Zoom to scrap research on integrating emotion recognition tools into its products, saying the technology can infringe users' privacy and perpetuate discrimination. Technology publication Protocol reported last month that California-based Zoom was looking into building such tools, which could use artificial intelligence (AI)…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sickening discrimination is dressed up as lads' banter - and it's shameful

It wasn’t just the sexist warblings of Bill Copeland, a former QC turned after-dinner speaker, which offended women at the SFWA awards, but the alleged homophobic and racist references too.

Daily Record

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Is It Unconstitutional for Laws to Be Based on Their Supporters' Religiously Founded Moral Beliefs?

This perennial question came up again in an e-mail from a reader about the abortion debate, so I thought I'd blog again about it. I think the answer is not just "no," but "hell, no"—I think it would be an outrageous discrimination against religious believers to have such a constitutional…

Reason

Asylum seekers in Rwanda wait years for decisions and two thirds are rejected, says Home Office report

Document also cites evidence of discrimination against LGBT and Middle Eastern people in asylum system

The Independent UK

One year on from football's social media blackout - what's changed?

A year on from the silence, Mirror Football has asked a panel of diversity leaders for their thoughts on what the impact of football's social media blackout had

Daily Mirror

No Pseudonymity for Doctor's Claim of Employment Retaliation by University of Colorado

From a decision this morning by Magistrate Judge Reid Neureiter (D. Colo.) in Doe v. Regents of Univ. of Colo.: Plaintiff is a Hispanic female doctor. She is a highly trained and skilled triple board-certified anesthesiologist, formerly employed as a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Colorado ("CU"), with…

Reason

Home Office admits LGBT refugees could face discrimination under Rwanda deal

However, government documents insist Rwanda has ‘legal safeguards’ to protect LGBT people

Evening Standard

National Disability Insurance Agency accused of discriminating against employees with disability

Some current and former staff of the National Disability Insurance Agency say it failed to provide them with the assistive technology and physical adjustments to their workspaces to enable them to do their jobs properly.

ABC News

Doctors Without Borders addresses charges of racism within its ranks

Journalists have compiled instances of favoring international staff over local staff and treating people of color inequitably. A grassroots group of staffers agrees. Here's how MSF is responding.

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No discrimination, benefits for all as in Ram Rajya: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

JHANSI: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said people in the country are getting free vaccination, medical facilities, ration, and benefits of social welfare schemes without any discrimination like in Ram Rajya.

Orlando Sentinel

Women denied entry at Florida strip club will take case to state Supreme Court — again

ORLANDO, Fla. — The attorney for two women who were denied entry into an Orlando strip club in 2018 because they weren’t with a man said Friday he plans to take their case to the Florida Supreme Court again because the issue is more than who can have fun at…

The Guardian - UK

Tories urged not to betray working women by ditching employment bill

Fears flagship bill will be left out of Queen’s speech despite promise to fight sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination

ABC News

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says schools not expelling gay students, doubles down on religious discrimination bill

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says gay students are not being expelled from religious schools, doubling down on re-introducing the failed religious discrimination bill without extra protections for gay and transgender students.

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Scott Morrison defends delaying protections for LGBTQ students as party tensions resurface

Liberal backbench MP Katie Allen reiterates protecting gay and trans students is ‘not negotiable’

AAP

PM denies LGBT students have been expelled

The prime minister says there is no evidence LGBT students are being expelled over their sexuality, as religious discrimination laws are debated.

Axios

Pew: Over 6 million Americans — more than previously known — identify as Afro Latino

The study shows the complexities of the Afro Latino experience.

Pedestrian.tv

The PM Wants To Pass The Religious Discrimination Bill Without Protecting LGBTQIA+ Kids First

Morrison said if the LNP wins the Federal Election, it would push for the Religious Discrimination Bill to pass before amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.

Daily Mirror

Actor says he was detained by airport security because of stutter in 'discrimination'

Marc Winski was flying to Florida when he says he was pulled aside by a security agent for additional screening because his speech impediment made him sound "nervous" to the man

ABC News

PM stands by plan to introduce religious discrimination law without changing sex discrimination act at same time

The Prime Minister says a re-elected Coalition government would push ahead with its long-promised religious discrimination law without making changes to protect LGBTQI children at the same time.

Reason

Maine's Ban on 'DEEZNTZ' Might Be Unconstitutional

The state's new rules on vulgar vanity plates could amount to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.

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