| Ruling allows benefit cut at 65 in retiree plans http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Discrimination Articles Seattle Times - The rule makes clear employers can spend more on retirees younger than 65 than those older than 65 without running afoul of age-discrimination laws. In practice, retirees in both age groups might get essentially the same benefits, but it is less ... |
| College Basketball | N.C. thumps Nevada http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Discrimination Articles Seattle Times - ... scoring a career-high 21 points in the Sun Devils' season opener against North Carolina, is out for the season. • Fresno State attorneys are asking a judge to overturn a multimillion-dollar verdict against the university in a gender-discrimination ... |
| Firing of Spanish-speakers leaves many unfazed http://www.boston.com/news/... Discrimination Articles Boston Globe - Made in the midst of an election-year furor over immigration, the Tennessee Republican's proposal was spurred by the discrimination lawsuit against the Framingham thrift store, filed in federal court in Boston in March by the US Equal Employment ... |
| The specific welfare http://www.latimes.com/news... Discrimination Articles Los Angeles Times - On Feb. 13, The Times took a long historical look at discrimination in America to argue its point that busing, while controversial, was still necessary. The board had harsh words for the eventual winner of its presidential endorsement: This nation ... |
| What's going on http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Discrimination Articles Detroit Free Press - Because the words and leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. resonate far beyond a single culture or ethnicity, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan is inviting Arab- and Chaldean-American high school students to write an essay ... |
| State's new voter ID law on hold http://www.miamiherald.com/... Discrimination Articles Miami Herald - ... Florida's top election officials this week told election supervisors to ignore a handful of voting law changes because federal authorities are still reviewing them to see if they would adversely affect minority voters. Because of past discrimination ... |
| Rogue or hero, she gave people a voice http://www.philly.com/daily... Discrimination Articles Philadelphia Daily News - And in her campaigns, she advocated new services for women and opposed sexual discrimination, though few measures were adopted under her government. In her personal life, Bhutto surprised many by agreeing to an arranged marriage in 1987 with Karachi ... |
| Cop, mayor spar over buyout offer http://www.detnews.com/apps... Discrimination Articles Detroit News - DEARBORN -- One of three female Dearborn police officers who have filed sexual discrimination lawsuits against the city alleges Mayor John B. O'Reilly Jr. offered her a six-figure buyout if she would promise not to testify in the other two cases ... |
| Sports briefly http://www.startribune.com/... Discrimination Articles Minneapolis Star Tribune - Fresno State attorneys are asking a judge to overturn a multimillion-dollar verdict against the university in a gender discrimination case involving former women's basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein . She sued Fresno State claiming gender ... |
| The hidden costs of free trade http://www.boston.com/news/... Discrimination Articles 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 ... |