On AlterNet: discrimination
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "discrimination"
Amy Williams, AlterNet. July 22, 2009.
I was tired of the blatant social pressure and disapproval. And even more tired of facing legal and economic discrimination.
Jimmy Carter, Comment Is Free. July 21, 2009.
Carter: Sexism exhibited by male leaders conflicts "with my belief -- confirmed in the holy scriptures -- that we are all equal in the eyes of God."
Amy R. Ramos, Miller-McCune.com. July 17, 2009.
Stagnant wages, sexual harassment, worsening benefits, horrible treatment: just a few of the problems faced by American workers in all industries.
Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 1, 2009.
Robert Gates said he wants to make DADT more humane; the only way to do that is 86 the policy altogether.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 29, 2009.
The Right has long anticipated this ruling so as to spin it as proof of Sotomayor's incompetence, hatred of white people, etc.
Manar Ammar, Joseph Mayton, Women News Network. May 6, 2009.
Egyptian activists are speaking out against the "spinster" concept and calling for a re-examination of how the country views women.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 23, 2009.
A new study finds that "legal" and "illegal", "citizen" and "resident," are distinctions without difference for poorer Latinos in today's Deep South.
Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Immigration. March 12, 2009.
"The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil-rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office."
Handan T. Satiroglu, The Women's International Perspective. January 29, 2009.
Anti-immigrant sentiment is growing steadily across the continent.
Carol Jenkins, The Women's Media Center. January 22, 2009.
The American flag belongs to all of us now. My granddaughter, a biracial child, will grow up a part of this country's narrative, not the subtext.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. December 30, 2008.
America doesn't have enough women business executives for them to be visible, let alone destroy the economy.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 2, 2008.
The first Muslim in Congress, no stranger to the prejudice and fearmongering leveled at Obama, explains why these attacks ultimately fail.
Sherice Perry, Stand Up for Health Care AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 13, 2008.
People who perceive some form of discrimination from their health care providers are less likely to seek preventive care.
Rinku Sen, ColorLines. September 24, 2008.
Mamdouh had actually managed to get by for 12 years without noticing American discrimination in a daily way.
Jennifer Hogg, Women's Media Center. July 25, 2008.
Female service members often remain silent about the dangers they face. Now is the time to break the culture of fear that keeps them quiet.
Kathy G, The G-Spot AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2008.
But some appear to be in denial.
Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. May 28, 2008.
The Boy Scouts want the city of Philadelphia to subsidize their discrimination against gays and atheists.
Anita Sarah Jackson, Huffington Post. May 7, 2008.
Moms across the country face workplace discrimination, but the media has been largely silent on the issue.
Peter Dreier, The American Prospect. April 3, 2008.
Contrary to class stereotypes, wealthy whites are more likely than working-class whites to use the race card in the voting booth.
Heather Wood, Sirens Magazine. March 21, 2008.
Interracial relationships are more common now than in, say, 1950, but the pressure on today's mixed couple is still very real.
Bean, Lawyers, Guns and Money AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 13, 2008.
Harvard has instituted a women-only gym hour to accommodate Muslim women, and conservatives are calling it "discrimination" against Ivy League men.
Bella M. DePaulo, American Sexuality Magazine. February 18, 2008.
The significance of getting married has changed dramatically in recent decades. When will our views of single people catch up?
Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2008.
The Catholic Church would rather have a single mother become unemployed than either have an abortion or a job to provide for her child.
Laila Al-Arian, Huffington Post. December 8, 2007.
The threat of continuous harassment and prison time hangs over one writer's family.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Video. November 8, 2007.
Melissa McEwan: I don't know what else to say at the moment, except that I'll continue to be a fierce ally for the Transgendered.
