A Trump administration initiative is upending 60 years of efforts by the federal government to prevent discrimination against ...

The law "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs," said Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who wrote the opinion. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) The ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says he is refusing to "defend or enforce" state laws on racial preferences.

Hiring or promotion practices that “prioritizes candidates from underrepresented groups” for admission, hiring, promotion, bypassing qualified candidates who do not belong to those groups. Creating a ...

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 ...

President Trump’s comments were a blunt distillation of his administration’s racial politics, which rest on the belief that ...

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Recent changes limit employment discrimination claims, especially for disparate impact, with the Supreme Court possibly challenging its constitutionality. The EEOC will focus only on direct ...

The Trump administration said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s ...

Allentown City Council voted unanimously Wednesday evening to repeal and replace its anti-discrimination law, which dates to 1963, with a new ordinance that mirrors the most “up-to-date and inclusive” ...

A guide to help Marylanders protect their civil rights and understand state law was released amid shifting federal policies, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. The 37-page book, called "Know ...

The key to understanding this Guidance is to appreciate that it does not announce any new legal requirements. It provides the AG’s perspective on compliance with existing laws on discrimination and ...