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Critics of GA religious rights protection bill say it would be used for discrimination

Georgia lawmakers are revisiting a nearly decade-old battle over whether the state should protect religious rights from being trampled by state and local governments. Opponents say the measure provides a legal shield for people and groups to discriminate in the name of LGBTQ+ people. religion. The religious protection bill resurfaced Thursday, eight years after lawmakers […]

Disney Hit with Federal Civil Rights Complaint over DEI — Alleges Discrimination Against White Men, Christians, and Jews

The Walt Disney Company is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that the company’s DEI policies are illegal and discriminate against white American men, Christians, and Jews. america first legal It has been submitted Wednesday’s complaint against Disney. The group cited public documents published on Disney’s official website as well as leaked internal documents […]

Walgreens Closures ‘Life-Threatening Acts’ of Discrimination

Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley claimed on the floor of the House that the recent Walgreens closing on Warren Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts, was the result of racism. Mr. Chairman, Walgreens is closing yet another pharmacy in Seventh, Massachusetts – this time on Warren Street in Roxbury, an area that is 85 percent black and Latino. […]

Pressley slams Walgreens closures: ‘Racial and economic discrimination’

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) called the pharmaceutical conglomerate Walgreens a “Black-American” after the company announced new store closures in predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods in Massachusetts. “We have withdrawn from the dark-skinned and dark-skinned communities,” he said. “When Walgreens leave their neighborhoods, they disrupt entire communities, taking with them baby formula, diapers, asthma inhalers, life-saving […]

Trans Golfer Cries Discrimination After Backlash over LPGA Bid

Hayley Davidson, a male-born transgender golfer, has faced growing backlash over her recent victory in a women's golf tournament and her bid to qualify for the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour (LPGA). , has denounced the discrimination he claims he has suffered. Last week, the 30-year-old Davidson won the NXXT Women's Classic, moving her one […]

Boston Police Department reaches settlement in gender discrimination lawsuit

The Boston Police Department has agreed to a $2.4 million settlement with Beth Donovan, a female police official who accused the department of sex discrimination. Donovan was the first woman to be promoted to the rank of deputy superintendent in the police department's field service bureau, but was demoted to sergeant in September 2018 after […]