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CNN fires Sanchez for making controversial remarks on radio

Sat, 10/02/2010 - 11:46 by Samia Sehgal

Calling Jon Stewart a bigot, cost Rick Sanchez his job at CNN. The news anchor got fired just a day after he made some controversial comments in a radio interview with Pete Dominick.

P. Diddy accused of age discrimination

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:52 by Rakhi

New York -- A 51-year-old music executive at Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records in New York sued Combs for $12 million, alleging age discrimination, her lawsuit said.

Francesca Spero, known as "the Mom" or "Auntie" at Bad Boy Records, said in her lawsuit she had a falling out with Combs after she underwent hip surgery, NBC-New York reported Thursday.

"Francesca Spero opened the door for Combs's career and, now that she's 51, he showed her the door at Bad Boy," her attorney, Laurie Berke-Weiss, said.

Swedish feminist party burns $13,000

Wed, 07/07/2010 - 10:58 by Rakhi

Visby, Sweden -- Sweden's Feminist Initiative party set fire to $13,000 Tuesday in a protest aimed at drawing attention to gender-based pay discrimination.

Party leader Gudrun Schyman said the money, donated by two men, was equivalent to the amount female workers in the county are denied every minute as a result of making less than men in the same jobs, The Local reported Tuesday.

Schyman said at the burning Tuesday in the city of Visby that the fire was a more effective tool than to "burn" the cash on a half-page advertisement calling for equal pay.

Baltimore suit pivots on discrimination

Thu, 04/22/2010 - 11:05 by Pankaj Damin

Baltimore -- A lawyer helping Baltimore sue Wells Fargo & Co. in a second round of litigation said the case centers on predatory lending involving African-Americans.

Attorney John Relman said, "Ultimately, the amount of damages in this case is far less significant than whether or not a jury says, 'You're right, Wells Fargo targeted an African-American community with predatory loans and they did it for reasons of greed," The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday.

Last year, a judged dismissed the case, calling it "implausible" that the loans could be blamed for inner city decay, despite some of them ending in foreclosure.

The second suit filed against the bank attempts to answer that with specifics.

Town: Halal-only menu 'discrimination'

Sat, 02/20/2010 - 10:57 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Roubaix, France -- A French town has filed a discrimination complaint against a fast-food restaurant that removed items that don't conform to Islamic dietary laws from its branch.

Roubaix Mayor Rene Vandierendonck, a Socialist, called for a boycott of the city's Quick branch, which removed all items from its menu that don't conform to Islamic halal dietary rules, and the town council filed a discrimination complaint against the chain, the BBC reported Friday.

Quick removed pork and other non-halal items from the menu of the Roubaix branch and several other locations in November. The move received condemnation from members of President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP party.

"I'm not bothered by the fact that there is a halal menu," Vandierendonck said.

Law to prohibit genetic discrimination

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 13:00 by Arushi Chaudhary

Washington, November 23 - New Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prevents discrimination at workplace on basis of one’s genetic framework.

Gays, bisexuals more likely to seek mental health treatment

Sun, 08/16/2009 - 16:16 by Natalie James

Los Angeles, August 16:Gay, lesbian and bisexual people are at an increased risk of needing mental health services, a new study by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has found.