Discrimination Articles page 4

Washington Post - The violence began in 2003 when rebels in Darfur took up arms against the Arab-dominated government, which the rebels accused of decades of discrimination and neglect. The government is accused of retaliating by unleashing a militia of Arab nomads ...

Boston Globe - Violations include discrimination against union organizers, illegal firings, and forced overtime without pay. Further, the new system of fixed-labor contracts and subcontracting radically undermines workers' rights because it does not guarantee a 44 ...

News.com.au - The child, a daughter named Izabella, was 13 months old by the time the pregnancy discrimination case went to court. During the six-week trial, the actress stunned the court by revealing she was eight-months pregnant. That child, a daughter named ...

Times of India - Women in Pakistan, especially in rural and tribal areas, are victims of discrimination and violence. Pakistan’s former tourism minister Nilofar Bakhtiar had to resign in May after hardline clerics accused her of obscenity for hugging an ...

Philadelphia Daily News - Foes, including the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, worry that finding some sort of genetic marker will foster discrimination by giving parents more reason for prenatal testing and even terminating the pregnancy if they find out their unborn ...

International Herald Tribune - ... also ordered the border with India be closed for 36 hours on fears Nepal's former Maoist rebels could cause trouble in support of ethnic Nepalis who fled Bhutan or were expelled in 1991 for demanding democracy and protesting against discrimination. ...

Newsday - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ratings soared when WZMX-FM Hot 93.7 switched from "dancing oldies" to an edgier hip hop, but behind the on-air banter racial tensions were rising among the stars at the Farmington radio station. Wendell "JD" Houston, the show's ...

Miami Herald - ... fatal to them because they don't have the cash reserves,'' she said. And then there are institutional challenges. Miami-Dade County is one of many U.S. municipalities that has had to abandon its minority contracting programs amid reverse-discrimination ...

Miami Herald - Arguing that it would lead to discrimination against all immigrants, opponents also said it would turn landlords into de facto immigration police. The hostility toward immigrants is not a new phenomenon in America. In the mid-19th century, the Irish ...

CBS News - Opponents of the new system say the measures amount to discrimination against foreigners and a violation of their right to privacy. Tokyo's staunch support of the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and dispatch of forces to each region have ...