Tagged With Discrimination

The filmmakers of 'Hair Love' used their Oscars speech to advocate for the Crown Act, a bill that hopes to end hair discrimination

Kelly McLaughlin

McDonald's gets slammed with new lawsuit claiming black franchisees were 'disparately strong armed' out of system

Kate Taylor

2 black McDonald's executives allege discrimination and 'irrational, vile, and cruel' retaliation at the fast-food giant in new lawsuit

Kate Taylor

McDonald's black franchisees are fighting to earn as much as their white counterparts, as dozens leave the company they once considered family

Kate Taylor

Catholic schools in New York City are banning braids on black male students, and it's all perfectly legal

Kelly McLaughlin

A 3-year Newsday investigation found Long Island real-estate agents' widespread unequal treatment against Hispanic, Asian, and black homebuyers

Rebecca Ungarino

42% of US employees have experienced or seen racism at work. It's the latest example of how diversity efforts are falling short, especially in America.

Allana Akhtar

The owner of the controversial 'Flintstone House' in Silicon Valley says the city discriminated against her after they called her house a 'public nuisance,' and now the case is going to trial

Mary Meisenzahl

The Fed made one key recruitment change to hire more women and minorities, and it's a model for any company struggling to diversify

Allana Akhtar

Harvard discrimination trial ends in win for affirmative action, but Supreme Court battle may loom on the horizon

Mack DeGeurin

An NFL and Roc Nation-backed nonprofit cut kids' dreadlocks off as a symbol for 'a better life' and people are outraged

Kelly McLaughlin

A viral video shows the owner of an event hall in Mississippi declining to host an interracial wedding because of her 'Christian belief'

Lauren Frias

A Philadelphia Starbucks employee wrote 'ISIS' on the cup of a customer in Islamic dress instead of 'Aziz'

Katie Canales

LGBTQ creators accuse YouTube of discrimination in class-action lawsuit alleging it unfairly restricts and demonetizes queer content

Paige Leskin

A Mississippi politician abides by the 'Billy Graham rule,' but his refusal to be alone with a woman other than his wife in a work setting could be illegal, according to an employment law expert

Grace Panetta

A Mississippi GOP candidate for governor cites his Christian faith in barring a female reporter from covering him unless she's accompanied by a man

Grace Panetta

The staggering costs of being transgender in the US, where even patients with health insurance can face six-figure bills

Benji Jones

California became the first state to ban discrimination against natural hair

Lauren Frias

A Marine general said he'd rather 'his daughter work in a brothel than be a Marine pilot.' A female pilot called that 'unconscionable'

Ellen Ioanes

Almost 40% of LGBTQ tech employees that participated in a survey said they have witnessed homophobic discrimination and harassment at work

Paige Leskin