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American Airlines Sued for Removing Black Passengers From Flight

American Airlines was accused in a lawsuit on May 29 of race discrimination for temporarily removing three Black men from a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to New York City. In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, the plaintiffs …

Tesla Moves to Pause EEOC Lawsuit Alleging Race Bias at Factory

Tesla Inc has asked a U.S. judge to pause a federal agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of severe harassment of Black workers at its California assembly plant, saying two similar cases should play out first. Tesla, in a filing …

Tesla Sued by US Agency Over Alleged Harassment of Black Factory Workers

A U.S. civil rights agency sued Tesla Inc. on Thursday, claiming the electric carmaker has tolerated severe harassment of Black employees at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant, in charges similar to cases brought by the state and by Tesla …

McDonald’s, CEO Must Face Ex-Security Executive’s Race Bias Claims

A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing McDonald’s Corp. of pushing out a Black executive after he criticized CEO Chris Kempczinski for appearing to blame the parents of a girl shot in a McDonald’s …

Justice Department Accuses Minneapolis Police of Systematic Discrimination After George Floyd’s Killing

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Justice Department alleged Friday that Minneapolis police have systematically discriminated against Black and Native American people for years and often violated constitutional rights following a sweeping investigation that began after George Floyd was killed. The two-year …

Exxon Mobil Sued for Race Discrimination

Exxon Mobil Corporation, doing business as ExxonMobil Chemical Corporation, violated federal law when it failed to take effective measures to prevent the display of hangman’s nooses at its Baton Rouge complex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in …

Louisiana Furniture Retailer Sued for Race Discrimination

Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC, doing business as Affordable Home Furnishings, a furniture retailer and lessor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, violated federal law when it subjected an African American manager-in-training to a hostile work environment and then discharged him in retaliation when …

Probe Finds Race Discrimination by Minneapolis Police

The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade, including stopping and arresting Black people at a higher rate than white people, using force more often on people of color and maintaining …

Houston Bakery to Pay $1M to Settle Race, National Origin Discrimination Suit

A large bakery in Houston will pay $1,042,000 as part of the settlement of a class race and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. The EEOC had charged that Lawler …

Austin Police Officers Sue for Discrimination After Reassignments

Some Austin, Texas, police officers are suing the city for what they say was race and age discrimination in job assignments. The Austin American-Statesman reports 18 officers filed the lawsuit Wednesday. The officers say they were forced out of the …