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Snack-shop chain sued over alleged racial discrimination in hiring of Black, mixed-race and Native American employees
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against…
Most employers must offer time off for abortion care under new federal rules for pregnant workers
Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions — along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage,…
In my twenties, I thought I would someday become a lawyer. Having interned for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and then…
New York state is throwing its $260 billion retirement fund at ‘long-standing failures of oversight’ at Tesla, Wells Fargo, and Chipotle
An investment fund wants a reckoning at three major companies after a litany of serious fraud, sexual harassment and racial…
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs are under attack across the country. Critics assert that DEI programs are discriminatory and…
A new survey of 306 autistic individuals residing in eight countries found that participants from Japan and Belgium experienced the…
Tesla settles discrimination case with ex-employee who alleges Elon Musk’s EV maker allowed him to be subjected to racial epithets
Tesla and a Black man who worked at the company’s California factory have settled a long-running discrimination case that drew…
Nonbinary teen who died the day after a fight with three girls in a bathroom spurs student walkout in Oklahoma
More than a dozen students walked out of class Monday at an Oklahoma high school where a 16-year-old nonbinary student was…
Sleep loss more common among African Americans after police-involved killings of unarmed Black people like Eric Garner and Tamir Rice: Study
The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances…
Housing inequality: Black homeowners won’t catch up at this rate for over 300 years. But they could with a $1.7 trillion affordable housing plan, McKinsey says
The aftermath of the 2020 racial awakening in America made it seem like corporations, politicians, and other institutions were taking…