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Target Reminded Bosses Not All Hispanic Employees Eat Tacos, Wear Sombreros: Lawsuit
By Kim Bhasin Three former employees are suing Target for discrimination, citing a document the company distributed to managers with reminders that not all Hispanics eat tacos and burritos or wear sombreros. The former warehouse workers’ lawsuit, filed in California’s … Continue reading
The 7 Most Important Things That Happened In The George Zimmerman Murder Trial This Week
By Rachel Samara It was an interesting first week in the George Zimmerman second degree murder trial. The prosecution brought out a number of witnesses including law enforcement officers, residents of the neighborhood, and a number of eye and ear … Continue reading
How Congress Can Undo The Supreme Court’s Attack On Workers’ Rights
By Bryce Covert On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed down decisions in two little-watched cases: Vance v. Ball State University and University of Texas Southwestern Center v. Nassar. Both cases erected new hurdles for those who experience workplace harassment or … Continue reading
Same-Sex Couples Face Significant Housing Discrimination, Historic Government Study Says
By Amanda Terkel Same-sex couples face significant levels of discrimination in the rental housing market, according to a landmark government study released on Tuesday. The new survey by the Department of Housing and Urban Development is the first-ever study examining … Continue reading
Pregnant T-Mobile Employee Clocked Out to Use Toilet
By Abby Ellin Kristi Rifkin had been working at T-Mobile Call Center in Nashville for four years when she got pregnant with her third child. She says she loved her job. “I had a great run,” Rifkin, 40, told ABC News. … Continue reading
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Credit History Discrimination
By The Editorial Board People fall behind on their bills for many reasons — a recession that costs them jobs, a divorce, an illness. Now comes a further obstacle to getting their lives in order: employers who screen job applicants … Continue reading
How to Get a Black Woman Fired
By Channing Kennedy The Internet has had lots of opinions about Adria Richards, the black technologist who was fired for tweeting a photo of two white male colleagues she overheard making lewd jokes during a conference co-sponsored by her employer. In … Continue reading
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David Brooks’ bigoted rant
By David Sirota Since when did the New York Times get into the business of publishing old-school bigoted rants deriding whole populations and cultures as cognitively incapacitated? This is a pressing question considering David Brooks’ stunning column today on the … Continue reading →