The federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prevents health insurers and employers from discriminating against a ...

Katie Eyer discusses how courts’ statutory interpretation shapes civil rights enforcement. In a conversation with The ...

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 ...

Cassie Alfheim, David Cohen, M.S. Late last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memorandum emphasizing that discrimination by recipients of federal funds will no longer be tolerated.

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As the Trump administration dismantles the Education Department, the agency is pulling back on its role policing ...

A New York appeals court has stricken down a state law that bans discrimination against people who use government assistance to pay their rent. The state Supreme Court's Appellate Division, Third ...

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 measure that would prohibit cities and counties from enforcing anti-discrimination ordinances that go beyond state law is headed to the Senate State Affairs Committee. Idaho House Bill 557, bill ...

The independent expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism called on UN member states Monday to take further steps to promote employment rights for persons with albinism ...