Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The law "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs," said Justice Ketanji Brown ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Black Democratic lawmakers spoke with one voice Thursday against Attorney General James Uthmeier’s ...

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A recent executive order by President Donald Trump has sparked much debate on the role of anti-discrimination laws, the treatment of protected classes and the need for meritocracy. The order ...

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A representative from a gay rights advocacy group met with Winona State University students Monday to address the numerous limitations placed on same sex couples in the state. The Minneapolis-based ...

From its inception, the new Trump Administration issued executive orders that were critical of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs. For example, as we previously addressed, Executive Order ...

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At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and ...

State laws regulating the workplace are proliferating in the face of congressional inactivity, creating a complex employment ...

"Sundown towns" were all-white communities that excluded Black people after dark through discriminatory practices and threats. While Sheboygan had no official "sundown ordinance," vagrancy laws were ...