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Feds: Company Has Glass Ceiling—Against Men

Lawsuit accuses Puerto Rico firm of promoting only women

(Newser) - A little role reversal on the job-discrimination front: The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accuses a Puerto Rican jewelry and beauty products company of hiring only women for managerial jobs. In its federal lawsuit, the agency says Ventura Corporation repeatedly discriminated against men from 2004 through at least 2008 by...

Gay Cop: Dept. Wouldn't Let Me March in Pride Parade

...and so he's suing

(Newser) - A gay police officer has enlisted Gloria Allred's legal help—so you know we're about to report on a buzzy lawsuit. The unnamed cop is filing a discrimination complaint against his department, which he says denied his written request that he be allowed to march in uniform during...

Comic Must Pay $16K for Lesbian Insults: Court

Jokes during amateur's show were discriminatory, says victim

(Newser) - A Canadian human rights tribunal has ordered a stand-up comedian to pay a woman $15,700 after he insulted her and her partner at a show. Lorna Pardy says amateur comic Guy Earle discriminated against her based on gender and sexual preference, the Vancouver Sun reports. The owner of the...

Bishops Fight for Right to Block Gays in Fed Housing

It's an issue of 'religious freedom,' say lawyers

(Newser) - An association of Catholic bishops is battling a pending regulation that would ban discrimination against anyone based on "sexual orientation or gender identity" in federally funded housing projects. The rules would force some religious groups to compromise their beliefs or quit the housing programs, argued lawyers for the US...

Ex-TSA Employee: I Was Fired Because I'm a Witch

Carole A. Smith claims religious discrimination got her canned

(Newser) - Carole A. Smith ranked among the top 10% of workers when it came to catching weapons on the X-ray machine at New York's Albany International Airport. So why did the TSA fire her? She says it was over her religious beliefs: Smith is a practicing Wiccan, or, as she calls...

Cross Burned Next to Black Family's California Home

FBI joins in on hate crime probe

(Newser) - Neighbors are reeling after a large cross was burned in a lot next to the home of a black family in a mostly white California community. The 11-foot cross was stolen from a church in Arroyo Grande near San Luis Obispo. "I was horrified," said a local minister....

Black Man Finds Noose on Work Locker

It appeared after Gregory Seabrook filed complaint against FDNY

(Newser) - Gregory Seabrook filed a race discrimination complaint against the Fire Department of New York City in December—and on Thursday, he found a nearly three-foot-long noose in front of his work locker. "There's an ominous message behind it," says his lawyer, who adds that the "elaborately constructed"...

Donor Sues School for $40K After Son Is Rejected

Surgeon claims he was told money would ensure acceptance

(Newser) - A Texas father is suing the Jesuit prep school he attended after it rejected his son—despite an alleged promise of acceptance in exchange for a hefty donation. Michael Bardwil, a vascular surgeon, said he approached Strake Jesuit administrators about ways to ensure acceptance for his son about 5 years...

Mormon Parents Banned From Scout Leader Positions

Evangelical NC church blocks parents because they're not 'real Christians'

(Newser) - Holy religious wars! Mormon parents have been banned as Cub Scout leaders in a North Carolina troop after they were told their views are "not consistent with Christianity." Jeremy and Jodi Stokes enrolled their two young sons in a pack operating out of an evangelical Presbyterian church near...

Ivy Donations Are 'Loathsome'

 Ivy Donations Are 'Loathsome' 
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Oct 7, 2010 2:20 AM CDT

Ivy Donations Are 'Loathsome'

Giving to 'Affirmative Action for Rich' is 'moral crime,' writes Hamilton Nolan

(Newser) - Gawker's Hamilton Nolan is scrambling onto the anti-Ivy League bandwagon by slamming donations to the elitist institutions as "loathsome" and a "moral crime." The schools "are terrible choices for huge donations. Supporting education is a worthy cause; but there are many, many more effective ways...

NY Pol Lists Foe's 'Jewish Money' Donors

Rep. Mike McMahon scrambles to fire staffer, apologize

(Newser) - A Democratic congressman is practicing damage control after his campaign compiled a list of Jewish donors contributing to his GOP challenger. Rep. Mike McMahon's staff didn't exactly try to keep it a secret: They gave the report, subtly titled "Grimm Jewish Money Q2," to the New York Observer...

Reject Sues Idol for Gay Discrimination

Ian Benardo: Producers set me up to storm the stage

(Newser) - The American Idol reject who charged the stage during the show's 2010 finale says Idol producers encouraged his stunt, and is suing for $300 million for gay discrimination. Ian Benardo, a 2007 contestant, claims producers invited him back for the season finale, then pummeled him with "discriminatory intimidation, ridicule,...

Surprise: Finance Bill Forces Diversity on Wall Street

Wording makes firms prove 'fair inclusion' of women and minorities

(Newser) - Turns out that hidden inside the massive financial reform bill that was signed into law last week were a few words that appear to give the government new leverage to push Wall Street firms to hire more women and minorities. The bill gives the government the right to terminate contracts...

Sherrod's Father Killed by White Farmer

Shooter was never prosecuted; Shirley became civil rights activist at 17

(Newser) - Shirley Sherrod's commitment to fighting injustice was sparked by the fatal shooting of her father, a black farmer, by a white farmer in 1965, in what was described as a spat over some cows. Sherrod was 17 when her father died—and an all-white grand jury declined to charge...

Sherrod 'Needs to Think' About New Job Offer

She's not sure how serious they are about civil rights at USDA

(Newser) - Shirley Sherrod has been offered a new job by the USDA, but says she needs to think about it. “I’m not so sure that going back to the department is the thing to do,” she told CNN . She said the job was “something in civil rights...

Blacks Regularly Excluded From Southern Juries

All-white juries in majority black counties

(Newser) - In the Deep South, DAs strike black college graduates from juries for "low intelligence," black 28-year-olds for being "too young," and black 43-year-olds for being "too old." A new study by the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative finds that potential black jurors are routinely excluded...

Hooters to Waitress: Get Fit or Get Fired

Server goes on 'weight probation,' considers suit

(Newser) - A Hooters server is considering a weight discrimination suit against the company after bosses told her she needed to slim down. Cassie Smith, who is 5-8 and 132 pounds, says she was told, "Your shorts and shirt size could use some improvement." The company gave her a free...

Ariz. Accessory: 'Gringo Mask'

Irked ad agency advises Hispanics to 'keep the mask nearby'

(Newser) - Darker-skinned Arizona residents wary of fallout from the new immigration law may want to check out the "Gringo Mask." The brainchild of a Hispanic ad agency, the masks—one a blond man, the other a flaxen-haired woman—give any user a decidedly more Scandinavian appearance. "If you're...

School Pulls Lesbian's Photo From Yearbook

Because she was (gasp!) wearing a tuxedo

(Newser) - A Mississippi high school student's photo has been scrubbed from her senior yearbook. Ceara Sturgis' crime? The lesbian teen sported a tuxedo in her picture. “They didn't even put her name in it,” Sturgis' mother, Veronica Rodriguez, tells the Jackson Free Press . “They've got kids in the...

Wal-Mart Facing Massive Sex Discrimination Suit

Court gives suit from up to 1M women class-action status

(Newser) - An appeals court left the world's biggest retailer facing the biggest class action lawsuit in American history after ruling yesterday against Wal-Mart. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that women who have worked at Wal-Mart stores since 2001 can sue the chain collectively over claims it paid them less...

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