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- unfavorable treatment in employment based on prejudice. Major forms of outlawed discrimination include sex discrimination, racial discrimination, disability discrimination, and, in some countries, age discrimination. Discrimination may also be practiced...
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- Ledbetter in Congress: the limits of a narrow legislative override.
- INTRODUCTION In Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the Supreme Court held that an employee was barred from suing her employer for pay discrimination under Title VII. (1) The plaintiff, Lilly Ledbetter, was a twenty-year employee of Goodyear who, over the course of...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Singapore transsexual battles culture of shame
- SINGAPORE AFP — She loves children and her lifelong dream is to be a wife and a mother, but the raspy voice and masculine frame betray the fact that Leona Lo was born a man. Unlike many other transsexuals in Asia who prefer to live privately because of the...
- Research articles 2007-09-09
- Sweden struggles to integrate Muslim immigrants
- MALMOE, Sweden AFP — Sweden has welcomed immigrants with open arms for decades but now it is grappling with how to integrate them into society, especially in the southern town of Malmoe amid a massive influx of refugees. Once a thriving industrial town with full employment, Malmoe has seen...
- Research articles 2007-07-16
- Racism's hidden threat
- Discrimination is hurtful and nasty, but researchers are now discovering that it can lead to drug abuse as well. Psychologists at Iowa State University studied more than 600 Black adolescents from Georgia and Iowa and found that those who experience racial discrimination prior to age 12 are twice as likely...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- Minority Hiring
- Minority HiringUnfair hiring practices? I don't think so!Let's see -- 40% in one year? How far does that go in redressing the imbalances resulting from years of discrimination?As for qualifications - the interview and hiring process being what it is, who can fairly judge this? The process...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Prepared Remarks for Attorney General Gonzales at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church National Landmark Designation Ceremony
- BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire - Following is a transcript of prepared remarks for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church national landmark designation ceremony: Thank you and good morning. I'd like to thank Secretary Norton for inviting me to be a part of this...
- Research articles 2006-02-20
- Boozer, Melvin
- BOOZER, Melvin BOOZER, Melvin (b. 1945; d. 6 March 1987), activist. Melvin Boozer grew up and spent most of his life in Washington, D.C. The second oldest of three siblings, he was raised by his mother and stepfather. After graduating from Dunbar High School in 1963, he went...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- Discriminatory Policy of Boy Scouts of America Doesn't Produce "the Best Kind of Citizen," Foundation Points Out
- This press release by the Freedom From Religion Foundation was read by Annie Laurie Gaylor, editor of Freethought Today, at a news conference called by Scouting for All on May 19, 2004. The conference was held in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, site of the national council conference...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Exit discrimination in the NBA: a duration analysis of career length
- I. INTRODUCTION In the National Basketball Association NBA, as in most professional sports leagues, player turnover is high from season to season due to declining skills as players age. In our analysis, we ask: Are there any factors that determine the duration of players with any consistency? Is the...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Information and the change in the paradigm in economics, Part 2
- APPLICATIONS OF THE NEW PARADIGM The new theory of the firm and the foundations of modern macro-economics Of all the market failures, the extended periods of underutilization of resources--especially human resources--is of the greatest moment, the consequences of which in turn are exacerbated by capital market imperfections, which...
- Research articles 2004-03-22
- NAACP brokers export deal: black farmers to sell goods to Cuban government - National News - NBFA Foods, Heathsville, Virginia-based company, handles trade for National Black Farmers Association
- A deal brokered with Cuban President Fidel Castro by the NAACP will pave the way for African American farmers to export goods to the communist state. In the deal, the Cuban government would purchase some $15 million-$25 million of soybeans, corn, rice, and chicken in 2003 from NBFA Foods,...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- The ADA meets the seniority system in the Supreme Court. (Labor Law for Supervisors).(Americans with Disabilities Act)
- In this term of the United States Supreme Court, two employment policies met head-on and scattered the justices into several different camps. The case was US Airways v. Barnett, 122 S. Ct. 1516 (April 29, 2002). The question was: How does the...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- form and substance of environmental justice: The challenge of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for environmental regulation, The
- Abstract: EPA's Title VI disparate impact regulations have become a key component of its efforts to address environmental justice issues. However, EPA's proposed implementation of these regulations through its Draft Title VI Guidance raises serious difficulties. Its attempt to combine civil rights and environmental law doctrines in a whole-sale fashion...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- Racial discrimination in professional basketball: evidence from Nielsen ratings
- JONAS P. FUNK (*) I. INTRODUCTION Are black professional athletes subject to racial discrimination? This question has received an enormous amount of popular and scholarly attention. However, despite numerous economic studies that have attempted to provide an answer, the evidence remains mixed and inconclusive. In this study, we...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Discrimination Has Damaging Effects On Black Kids: ISU Study
- African-American children who experience discrimination run a high risk for emotional problems, according to a recent report released by Iowa State University researchers. "Kids who experience discrimination, or see it happening to their parents or other family members, are at a high risk for depression," says Ron Simons, director...
- Research articles 2001-07-30
- [ Senate OKs $1,500 student teacher stipend ]
- Senate OKs $1,500 student teacher stipend Student teachers who work full-time without pay could receive up to $1,500 from the state to help with tuition and living costs under Senate Bill 163. The Senate gave initial approval to the bill Thursday. The stipend...
- Research articles 2001-04-13
- Reports From Around The World: Usa - Brief Article
- MIT AND 8 TOP US UNIVERSITIES 'DISCUSS' PERVASIVE SEX DISCRIMINATION NEW YORK TIMES Jan 31 2001 "Acknowledging that women face hurdles in the field of science and engineering the leaders of nine of the nations top universities -- (M.I.T - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Harvard,...
- Research articles 2001-03-22
- Women And Human Rights - U.S. Department of State report
- COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 2000 RELEASED BY THE BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, February, 2001 "WHY THE REPORTS ARE PREPARED This report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with sections 116d and...
- Research articles 2001-03-22
- Star Wars, Continued.
- The Boondoggle that Won't Stop, and the Corporate Money that Keeps it Going WITH A CRITICAL TEST FAILURE on July 8 and a growing chorus of criticisms, President Clinton found himself in a safe position to delay deployment of the proposed National Missile...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
- Making Waves
- South African swimmer Terence Parkin may not have broken any records when he competed in the men's 200-meter breaststroke on Wednesday. But he did win a silver medal, making him the first deaf swimmer to medal during an individual event. In an interview conducted via e-mail, NEWSWEEK's Joshua Phillips asked...
- Research articles 2000-09-22
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