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Providence police chief under fire for lack of minority hiring
8:43 AM on 03/19/2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The chief of Providence's police department and the mayor are defending themselves against accusations that they haven't made enough effort to hire more minority police officers...
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California police stop proves racial profiling is alive and well
8:37 AM on 03/15/2010
OPINION - In an address to a joint session of Congress in 2001, then President Bush blasted racial profiling, "It's wrong and we will end it in America." It hasn't...
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AIG subsidiaries settle discrimination lawsuit for $7.1 million
9:38 AM on 03/05/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. have agreed to pay $7.1 million to settle discrimination allegations of charging higher fees to African-American borrowers...
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Court to decide if firefighter suit moves forward
1:40 PM on 02/22/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court seems willing to let a group of African American applicants sue the city of Chicago for discrimination for using test scores to decide who would become a firefighter trainee...
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USDA reaches new billion-dollar settlement with black farmers
3:16 PM on 02/18/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has reached a deal with black farmers that could end a years-long stalemate over alleged racial discrimination by the Agriculture Department...
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Black farmers to Congress: Approve $1.15 billion discrimination settlement
4:32 PM on 02/15/2010
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The money would pay claims filed by farmers who say they were denied USDA assistance -- loans or crop subsidies -- because of their race...
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Colorado Africans forced out of Wal-Mart jobs, claim discrimination
9:51 AM on 02/09/2010
From The NY Times - "I don't like some of the faces I see here." African Muslim employees claim Wal-Mart managers forced them out of work illegally...
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Dr. King's dream will be realized
8:49 AM on 02/03/2010
OPINION - America still falls short of its high ideals, but today far more Americans believe that all men are created equal and--just as important--act on that belief...
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Remedies ordered in NYC black firefighter case
10:47 AM on 01/22/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The city must revamp fire department hiring practices that discriminated against black applicants and possibly pay damages to thousands of victims...
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Blacks' optimism on race and the economy rises; Latinos wary
11:41 AM on 01/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - One year after the election of Obama, black optimism about America has surged, while Hispanics have become more skeptical about race relations...
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Feds: NJ police sergeant exams discriminatory
10:17 AM on 01/08/2010
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's widespread use of a written exam to promote police sergeants discriminates against blacks and Hispanics, according to a lawsuit...
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Officials cast Vegas shooting as 'suicide mission'
12:43 PM on 01/06/2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Investigators say Johnny Lee Wicks was on a suicide mission the day he walked three miles to the federal building in downtown Las Vegas...
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Wal-Mart arrest leads to charges of racism
8:53 AM on 11/16/2009
Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store, the schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years...
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Where is the outrage and action for Heather Ellis?
8:04 AM on 11/16/2009
OPINION - In the lead up to the rally for Heather Ellis today in Kennett, Missouri, I've heard shocking stories about legal dealings behind the scenes...
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Philly swim club accused of bias to file bankruptcy
9:07 AM on 11/15/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban swim club accused of revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy...
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For race, what a difference a year makes - and doesn't
9:05 AM on 11/04/2009
OPINION - In Grant Park one year ago, a multigenerational, multiracial crowd celebrated the change they could believe in: a nation finally living out the true meaning of equality and opportunity...
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LA Clippers owner pays millions in discrimination suit
3:28 PM on 11/03/2009
Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling has agreed to pay a record $2.725 million to settle allegations by the government that he refused to rent apartments to Hispanics, blacks and to families with children...
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Dallas cops ticketing drivers for not speaking English
8:34 AM on 11/03/2009
VIDEO - Dallas police chief David Kunkle met behind closed doors Monday with nearly two dozen officers who ticketed drivers for not speaking English...
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More than 1,000 black employees file discrimination suit against Texas company
7:23 AM on 10/21/2009
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) - A class-action lawsuit describes how a local 107-year-old company discriminated against its black employees, assigning them to the worst jobs and repeatedly denying them promotions...
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Interracial couple express shock over marriage denial
10:38 PM on 10/16/2009
VIDEO - Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish in the southeastern part of the state, refused to issue a marriage license earlier this month...
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Obama to Dems: Health reform 'is in your hands'
VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history...
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