Posts Tagged sex discrimination

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By Dana Bolger • 7 years ago

Stand Up Against School Pushout of Black Girls

On Tuesday, a North Carolina school resource officer picked up a Black student, lifted her over his head, and slammed her onto the floor of her high school. She lay motionless on the ground, before he picked her up and hauled her away.

On Tuesday, a North Carolina school resource officer picked up a Black student, lifted her over his head, and slammed her onto the floor of her high school. She lay motionless on the ground, before he picked her up and ...

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By Alyssa Peterson • 7 years ago

The Sexism of Brexit

The white men who orchestrated Brexit got their wish — and it’s women and people of color who will be forced to shoulder the consequences.

The white men who orchestrated Brexit got their wish — and it’s women and people of color who will be forced to shoulder the consequences.
By Samhita • 12 years ago

Supreme Court denies class action suit against Wal-Mart.

In a rather historic, but unfortunate, turn of events the Supreme Court has ruled that over 1.5 million women who are claiming they are paid less than men are not able to sue Wal-Mart as a class. The US appeals court had ruled that these women could sue as one group making this case the largest sex discrimination case in history.

via Bloomberg,

The justices said the lawyers pressing the case failed to point to a common corporate policy that led to gender discrimination against workers at thousands of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores across the country. The court ruled unanimously on some aspects of the case and divided on others.

The case was one of the most closely watched Supreme Court ...

In a rather historic, but unfortunate, turn of events the Supreme Court has ruled that over 1.5 million women who are claiming they are paid less than men are not able to sue Wal-Mart as a ...