Tag: racial discrimination

A Voice for Dividing Australians

Commentary On July 30, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used an address at an Indigenous Festival in the Northern Territory to reveal the referendum question which may be put to the Australian people to enshrine the Voice in the Constitution. Although it is still a draft referendum question, it gives an insight into the thinking…


Big Tech, Pharma, Banks Urge SCOTUS to Uphold Race-Based Discrimination in College Admissions

A large cross-section of corporate America filed briefs with the Supreme Court on Aug. 1 urging the court to allow colleges to continue using race as a factor in student admissions. The court is poised to hear challenges to these racially discriminatory policies in its new term that begins in October. The challengers say so-called…


Big Tech, Pharma, Finance Urge SCOTUS to Uphold Race-Based Discrimination in College Admissions

A large cross-section of corporate America filed briefs with the Supreme Court on Aug. 1 urging the court to allow colleges to continue using race as a factor in student admissions. The court is poised to hear challenges to these racially discriminatory policies in its new term that begins in October. The challengers say so-called…


Maryland Police Hiring Practices Under Investigation by Justice Department

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP) to assess whether it has engaged in hiring and promotion practices that are racially discriminatory. The investigation will be conducted pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits any discrimination in employment on the basis…


Maryland State Police Hiring Practices Under Investigation by DOJ

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is investigating the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP) to assess whether it has engaged in hiring and promotion practices that are racially discriminatory. The investigation will be conducted pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits any discrimination in employment on the basis of…


Immigrant Small-Business Owner Sues Biden Administration for Racial Discrimination

A Florida small-business owner is suing the Biden administration for racial and gender discrimination in connection with the $1.2 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Biden signed into law in November 2021. Christian Buckner, a disabled immigrant, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday, challenging a stipulation in the law that declares him ineligible to bid…


Federal Court Rules Against High School’s ‘Patently Unconstitutional’ Racial Admission Policy

A U.S. federal court has ruled against Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s (TJ) revised admission policy pushing for “racial equity,” judging it discriminatory against Asian-American students. TJ, which focuses on the STEM fields, is an elite Governor’s School in Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system. It requires prospective students to go…


Federal Judge Rules Against High School’s ‘Patently Unconstitutional’ Racial Admission Policy

A federal judge has ruled against an elite Virginia high school’s revised admissions policy pushing for “racial equity,” judging it discriminatory against Asian American students. The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ), which focuses on the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), is a Governor’s School in the Fairfax County…


New York State, City, Sued Over COVID-19 Treatment Order That Discriminates Against Whites

Two men who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are suing both the city and state of New York for unconstitutional racial discrimination for directing medical providers to consider race in distributing lifesaving treatments. The lawsuit comes after former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson ridiculed the city’s directive as an example of…


Suit Accuses Wisconsin Attorney General of Racial, Gender Discrimination

A woman appointed in December to head the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation has filed a federal lawsuit charging the state’s Attorney General Josh Kaul and a deputy with racial and gender discrimination. Tina R. Virgil filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging pay discrimination because she is…