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US Judge Dismisses Ad Discrimination Suit Against McDonald’s

A federal judge dismissed a discrimination lawsuit that accused McDonald’s of refusing to advertise on Black-owned media networks because of their owner’s race. US District Judge Fernando Olguin ruled on Tuesday that Entertainment Studios Networks and the Weather Group failed to provide enough evidence to show that the fast-food giant discriminated in not advertising with …

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Philadelphia Mayor Kenney Sued for Ethnic Discrimination

Business, Top News, World / By Madeline Kennedy

A Philadelphia Councilmember, as well as Italian American groups, are suing the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney in U.S. District Court over a decision to rename the city’s Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The plaintiffs alleged that the mayor’s executive orders discriminated against Italian-Americans while exalting another ethnic group. Also cited …

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Voting Groups File Second Lawsuit Accusing Georgia Election Integrity Law of Racial Discrimination

Politics, Top News / By Madeline Kennedy

Georgia’s controversial elections law has been hit with yet another lawsuit, with voting rights groups on Sunday filing a suit claiming racial discrimination. The lawsuit (pdf) was filed on behalf of a coalition of groups including the League of Women Voters of Georgia and the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, against Georgia Secretary of …

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Sen. Scott: Woke, white supremacy rooted in racism, discrimination

Biden DOE No Longer Finds Racially Segregated Groups in Schools Discriminatory

Politics, Top News / By Madeline Kennedy

The U.S. Department of Education has reversed a Trump-era decision that declared race-based “affinity groups” at public schools to be discriminatory, according to the New York Post. After a whistleblower teacher’s complaint from the Evanston-Skokie School District in Illinois, the Trump Administration’s Education Department in 2019 launched an investigation into the district’s practice of dividing …

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