http://dir.salon.com/topics/discrimination/?source=rss&aim=discrimination en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST By Laura Miller Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/10/race_trial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/10/race_trial/index.html?source=rss From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary. By Lynn Harris Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/02/backlash_uk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/02/backlash_uk/index.html?source=rss The Guardian details an "all-out assault" on feminism. By David Tuller Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/04/domestic_violence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/04/domestic_violence/index.html?source=rss Domestic violence occurs as often among gay couples as among hetereosexuals, according to a new study, but victims of same-sex battering do not have equal protection under the law. By Christopher Ketcham Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/17/jail_time/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/17/jail_time/index.html?source=rss Busted on a minor charge, I joined the luckless army of minorities who are crammed into jail cells every day by America's surreal war on marijuana. By Fran Smith Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/02/health_gap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/02/health_gap/index.html?source=rss A prestigious, congressionally mandated report has found that minority Americans receive glaringly inferior medical care. The Bush response: Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day! By Lynn Harris Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/ladies_night_law/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/ladies_night_law/index.html?source=rss Do price breaks for women discriminate against men? By Carol Lloyd Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/19/transgender/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/19/transgender/index.html?source=rss The American Medical Association moves to include transgender people in its anti-discrimination policies. By Carol Lloyd Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/21/profiling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/21/profiling/index.html?source=rss Think employers shouldn't be able to ask prospective employees about their marital or familial status? Check your state's employment laws. By Page Rockwell Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/23/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/23/what_else/index.html?source=rss Compression bras, evil handbags and other material concerns. Plus: Should Hillary Clinton drop the "Rodham"? By Page Rockwell Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/22/scotus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/22/scotus/index.html?source=rss Sheila White says her employer unfairly retaliated against her after she filed a gender-based -discrimination complaint. And the justices agree! By Lynn Harris Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/25/kanab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/25/kanab/index.html?source=rss The Kanab, Utah, City Council adds bigotry to the area's many attractions. By Lynn Harris Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/07/fertility_docs_discrimination/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/07/fertility_docs_discrimination/index.html?source=rss Calif. fertility doctors refuse to inseminate an unmarried lesbian. By Hillary Frey Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/22/teacher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/22/teacher/index.html?source=rss The NYCLU takes up the case of an unmarried preschool teacher who was fired for being pregnant. By Damien Cave Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/14/profiling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/14/profiling/index.html?source=rss How far should ethnic profiling go in the quest to nab the World Trade Center terrorists? By David Lindorff Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/04/25/financial_aid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/04/25/financial_aid/index.html?source=rss Self-employed parents are the targets of financial aid discrimination -- and most of the time, they don't even know it. By Jenna Glatzer Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/12/08/heart_transplant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/12/08/heart_transplant/index.html?source=rss Doctors routinely deny heart transplants to the mentally retarded. By Patricia G. Barnes Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/31/lawyer_mom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/31/lawyer_mom/index.html?source=rss I was a lawyer in one state, a mom without portfolio in another. By Carina Chocano Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/08/11/mondrian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/08/11/mondrian/index.html?source=rss Ian Schrager's Mondrian Hotel pays $1 million to settle a discrimination suit after replacing minority bellmen with "cool-looking" white guys. By Kera Bolonik Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/07/17/dale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/07/17/dale/index.html?source=rss America's most famous un-Boy Scout discusses discrimination, the Supreme Court and the fight scouting taught him to fight. By Allison Linn and Ayla Jean Yackley Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/01/06/turks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/01/06/turks/index.html?source=rss Immigrants and their German-born children find themselves cut off from state benefits. By Hank Hyena Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/1999/11/08/asylum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/1999/11/08/asylum/index.html?source=rss Once a place for hate, the new and improved nation now boasts one of the most accepting constitutions in the world. By Amy Reiter Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/28/np1028/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/28/np1028/index.html?source=rss At a DC Vote shindig, Kemp mingles like he means it; Patricia Arquette reinvents her breasts. And lady of the Senate? Jesse Helms, once, twice, three times a doofus. Plus: Barbara Bush thinks Pat deserves a spanking. Letters to the Editor Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/18/horowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/18/horowitz/index.html?source=rss Horowitz is wrong: Cornel West is no lightweight! Plus: Coastal elitists bash Kansas "rednecks"; women hurt women in campus tenure battles. By Ann Douglas Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/11/douglas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/11/douglas/index.html?source=rss Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned discrimination. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/03/25/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/03/25/feature/index.html?source=rss A former member says scouting is a dangerous influence that should be kept away from impressionable young people.