Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said Bihar and Andhra Pradesh got “pakoda and jalebi” on their plates while other states got nothing as he raised the issue of alleged discrimination meted out to opposition-ruled states in the Union Budget. Engaging in raillery and hurling barbs at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman … Read more
An airport in Gqeberha (previously Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape has emerged as a new discrimination station. This after a security notice posted on Facebook sparked outrage, especially among the Muslim community. Security notice seen as discrimination Gqeberha airport, Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, has come under fire for what has been described as … Read more
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it entered into an agreement with Brown University to make sure the school is in compliance with federal law barring discrimination and harassment against students of Jewish, Palestinian, Arab and Muslim ancestry. Department of Education and Brown University reach agreement on antidiscrimination efforts … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, June 27, 2024 The national office for the mainline denomination Presbyterian Church (USA), located in Louisville, Kentucky. | Courtesy of PCUSA Presbyterian Church (USA) is considering a measure that, if approved, would add sexual orientation and gender identity to their antidiscrimination policy for people seeking ordination. Known as … Read more
Apple on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action accusing the tech giant of paying more than 12,000 female employees in California less than men with comparable jobs. The lawsuit filed in state court in San Francisco by two women who have worked at Apple for more than a decade claims the company systematically underpays … Read more
A former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts. Ferras Hamad, a Palestinian-American engineer who had been on Meta’s machine learning team since 2021, sued the … Read more
Colorado will study the lingering effects of slavery and systemic racism on Black Coloradans under a law signed by Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday — but only if fundraising goals are met. The new law, Senate Bill 53, establishes the Black Coloradan Racial Equity Commission to conduct the study with History Colorado. The study and … Read more
A UK receptionist, Miss J Earle, recently lost an employment tribunal claim after being dismissed for failing to correctly pronounce the name of her law firm. Employed as a receptionist administrator at Wykeham Hurford Sheppard & Son Ltd for less than a week in 2022, Earle’s contract was abruptly terminated. The firm cited her inability … Read more
With the stroke of Gov. Jared Polis’ reluctant pen, Colorado this month became the first U.S. state to pass a law expressly regulating the use of artificial intelligence — a milestone that supporters said was an imperfect starting point to establish oversight of an emerging industry. The state’s new law broadly targets the risk of … Read more
El Al reportedly humiliated an Israeli-Bedouin police officer while he was on an Israel advocacy mission to the United Kingdom, according to Israeli media on Thursday. Sgt.-Maj. Ramo Salman Huzeil, an investigator at the Segev Shalom police station, reluctantly became famous on October 7. He was assigned to security at the Nova Music festival … Read more
