Tag: discrimination
NEW YORK (AP) Hembert Figueroa just wanted a taco. So he was surprised to learn the dollar bills in his pocket were no good at Dos Toros Taqueria in Manhattan, one of a small…
President Donald Trump pushed the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a challenge to his administrations decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. On Friday morning, the court agreed to do just…
Just as Kansas reputation for intolerance and foolishness was starting to fade, several lawmakers have stepped forward to stake a new claim to those titles. State Rep. Randy Garber of Sabetha and a handful of…
Isolation is one of the consequences of poverty. It has a direct bearing on health. Chronic isolation, which is frequently experienced by people in poverty and the elderly, is a predictor of functional decline and…
ATLANTA Dr. Alluri Raju, a native of India, vividly remembers how his ethnicity prompted concern and discrimination in the southwest Georgia town of Richland. Doctors there hesitated to grant the family practitioner and general…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A judge has ruled that a Kansas sheriffs deputy was demoted because he couldnt succeed at the police academy and not because of alleged discrimination based on his sexual orientation. U.S.…
