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Native American Candidate on Pol's Outburst: 'I Was Scared'

Idaho Republican state Sen. Dan Foreman allegedly yelled 'go back to where you came from'

(Newser) - Tensions rose during a bipartisan forum this week after an audience question about discrimination reportedly led an Idaho state senator to angrily tell a Native American candidate to "go back to where you came from." Republican Sen. Dan Foreman left the event early after the outburst and later...

Jewish Flight Attendant Sues Delta for Discrimination

Sasi Sheva claims airline pushed a ham sandwich on him, wouldn't give him off for Yom Kippur

(Newser) - Sasi Sheva didn't have a great 2022 working for his employer, Delta—at least not according to his new lawsuit against the airline accusing it of religious discrimination. Delta has "engaged in a pattern of intentionally discriminating and retaliating against ethnically Jewish, Hebrew, and/or Israeli employees based upon...

Man With Bleeding Scalp Claims Discrimination on Flight
Man's Bleeding Scalp Gets
Him, Wife Kicked Off Flight
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Aug 25, 2024 11:10 AM CDT

Man's Bleeding Scalp Gets Him, Wife Kicked Off Flight

Las Vegas couple says they were booted from plane despite doctor's note after surgery

(Newser) - A couple arrested for refusing to get off an American Airlines flight claim they were "discriminated against and abused." Eugenio Hernandez-Garnier and Yusleydis Loyola, a married couple from Las Vegas, had traveled to Miami for cosmetic procedures. Hernandez-Garnier, 27, underwent a hair transplant and liposuction, while Loyola, 32,...

Ex-PepsiCo Exec Is Suing Over Flamin' Hot Cheetos

Richard Montanez says he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos, claims company ruined his career

(Newser) - A court case could soon settle a spicy dispute: Who invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos? A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim that he invented the popular flavor of Cheetos. According to his lawsuit, Richard Montanez began working for PepsiCo as...

Museum Admits Picassos Are Fake, Part of a Stunt

Kirsha Kaechele comes forward in Australia

(Newser) - The Picassos were fake, as it turns out. The curator of a controversial exhibit at a museum in Australia has admitted that she painted three purported works by the artist that were hung in a women's restroom, reports the AP . Kirsha Kaechele moved her exhibit to the restroom to...

SCOTUS Takes Up Rare Transgender-Rights Case

High court will look at state bans on gender-affirming care for minors

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. The justices' action comes as Republican-led states have enacted a variety of restrictions on health care for transgender people, school sports...

Airline CEO: We 'Fell Short' in Booting Black Men From Flight

American Airlines says it has suspended multiple workers after January incident

(Newser) - Multiple workers at American Airlines have been suspended after an incident in which eight Black passengers, none of whom knew each other, say they were booted from a plane over supposed body odor. Three of the men who were kicked off the plane have since sued. "We are holding...

'These Judges Bought What a Small Group of White Men' Sold

Appeals court rules Fearless Fund's grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory

(Newser) - A US federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm's grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory. The ruling against the Atlanta-based Fearless Fund is another victory for conservative...

DOJ Hits Firm With Fine After 'Whites Only' Job Listing

Labor Department got involved, too, after ad posted by Virginia's Arthur Grand Technologies

(Newser) - In March of last year, Arthur Grand Technologies, a tech firm based in Loudoun County, Virginia, posted an ad for an open business analyst position within the company. That in itself isn't unusual, but the wording of the ad was a different story. "US Born Citizens [white] who...

Judge: Long Island Leader Had No Authority for Trans Ban

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's EO that barred female trans athletes was struck down

(Newser) - A New York judge on Friday struck down a Long Island county's order banning female transgender athletes after a local women's Roller Derby league challenged it. Judge Francis Ricigliano ruled that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman didn't have the authority to issue his February executive order, which...

Job Seekers Get Callbacks Based on Their Names

A new 'Discrimination Report Card' is out, and white-sounding names seem to get more callbacks

(Newser) - In 2004, a study found that job applicants with stereotypically white-sounding names got callbacks for interviews 50% more than applicants with Black-sounding names. Now, scientists have rebooted that research, and while the results are better than they were two decades ago, they show that racial bias still appears to come...

West Virginia's Transgender Sports Ban Gets Bad News

4th US Circuit Court of Appeals says it's a Title IX violation

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil-rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools. The ruling Tuesday from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals blocks a West Virginia law banning transgender girls from playing...

Museum Fights to Keep Exhibit That Discriminates Against Men
Museum Sued Over
Women-Only Exhibit
Mar 21, 2024 8:26 AM CDT

Museum Sued Over Women-Only Exhibit

Artist Kirsha Kaechele, Australia's MONA museum argue this type of discrimination is fine

(Newser) - Women lounge on a phallus-shaped couch, sipping champagne delivered by male butlers. They're surrounded by curtains of silk and some of the museum's most coveted artworks from names like Pablo Picasso. Excepting the butlers, there are no men allowed. This interactive art exhibit which opened at the Museum...

Billionaire's Son Accuses LA Country Club of Bias

Suit says Hillcrest, founded for Jewish members shut out elsewhere, discriminated against application

(Newser) - A country club that's historically accepted members kept out of other Los Angeles social organizations—including Hollywood moguls and celebrities—is now facing its own discrimination lawsuit. A 42-year-old Jewish man says he was rejected for membership in Hillcrest Country Club, which was founded in 1920 as the city'...

Trump Says Black Americans Can Relate to His Indictments

Ex-president says at event that Black citizens understand him because he's discriminated against

(Newser) - Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the US legal system. Trump argues he's the victim of...

Posh Swiss Ski Shop Not Renting to Jews

Davos shop condemned for sign saying 'our Jewish brothers' not welcome to rent after 'incidents'

(Newser) - Switzerland's main Jewish organization on Monday denounced an antisemitic sign put up at a local ski shop near Davos, barring Jews from renting equipment. Police in the eastern Graubuenden region opened an investigation for possible criminal violation of Swiss law banning discrimination and incitement to hatred, reports the AP...

Gina Carano Sues Over Mandalorian Firing

Elon Musk is funding the lawsuit against Disney, Lucasfilm

(Newser) - Three years after she was booted from Disney's The Mandalorian after a post comparing current-day Republicans to Jews during the Holocaust, Gina Carano is suing. Her lawsuit alleges Disney and Lucasfilm discriminated against her and wrongfully terminated her, and, as Variety reports, it uses a few "elaborate Star ...

South Dakota Hotel Apologizes After Ban on Native Americans

Co-owner has stepped down from management after public dispute

(Newser) - A South Dakota hotel is apologizing after one of its owners attempted to ban Native Americans from the premises, reports the South Dakota Standard . The public apology from the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City is part of the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice,...

Activision Blizzard Settles Women's Bias Claims for $54M

Maker of video games was accused of denying promotions, paying men more for the same work

(Newser) - Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $54 million to settle discrimination claims brought by California's civil rights agency on behalf of women employed by the video game maker, the AP reports. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, resolves allegations that the maker of Call of Duty,...

Tesla's Latest Lawsuit Targets Swedish Postal Workers

Automaker says that striking postal workers in Scandinavian nation are delaying license plates

(Newser) - Tesla on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden's Transport Agency as striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country halted the delivery of license plates of new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker. Tesla is nonunionized globally, but the Swedish workers are demanding that the carmaker...

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