In many ways, Marlean Ames’ lawsuit was fairly routine. The longtime employee of the Ohio Department of Youth Services said she was wrongly passed over for a promotion and demoted without an ...

A public-interest law firm has filed federal civil-rights complaints against New York and Wisconsin on behalf of contractors ...

The Supreme Court seemed likely Wednesday to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination from her ...

The dream of a more inclusive, fair and just America is under attack — again. The upheavals roiling us today, though not ...

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Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law legislation removing civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim ...

Senate File 418 removes gender identity as a protected class in the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which shields Iowans from discrimination.

Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check ...

The Supreme Court appears to be in favor of lowering the standard for what is required to prove job discrimination when it ...

For many highly trained professionals, the judiciary might be the most dangerous U.S. workplace, according to a report on what happens behind blind Lady Justice's back.

The United States Department of Justice has abandoned a lawsuit against the Maryland State Police that accused MSP of ...