racial discrimination

Former Fox News host Kelly Wright joins other current and former Fox employees at a news conference on April 26, 2017, in New York City. Wright alleged racial bias in failing to receive desired opportunities and promotions.

Fox News Pays $10 Million To Settle Racial, Gender Bias Suits

5:25pm May 16, 2018

by David Folkenflik

The settlements primarily involved allegations of racial bias against Fox News as well as gender bias and retaliation claims. The controlling Murdoch family hopes instead to focus on big deals ahead.

There's a 12-year or greater difference in life span among neighborhoods in Fulton County, Georgia, of which Atlanta is the county seat.

Atlanta Struggles To Fulfill MLK's Legacy In Health Care

10:30am April 04, 2018

by Virginia Anderson

Fifty years after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., his hometown still has major racial disparities in mortality and other measures of health.

Laura Smith and Gustavo Douaihi were looking to rent a house in Baton Rouge, La., when they encountered discrimination.

Looking For A Home When Your Name Is Hispanic And Finding Discrimination Instead

6:30pm November 02, 2017

Nearly a third of Latinos say they've experienced discrimination when seeking housing, according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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What remains of the home of O.T. Jackson, the founder of Dearfield, Colo., sits on the town site in rural Weld County.

A Forgotten Piece Of African-American History On The Great Plains

10:00am April 12, 2017

by Luke Runyon

Nearly a century ago, Dearfield, Colo., was a thriving African-American farm community, admired by many of its white neighbors. There were even early signs of integration. Then came the Dust Bowl.

Advertisers are beginning to pull their commercials from Fox News star Bill O'Reilly's flagship broadcast as allegations of sexual harassment continue to grow.

National

As Scandals Crest, Fox News Once More Under Siege

11:10am April 05, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Advertisers are beginning to pull their commercials from Fox News star Bill O'Reilly's flagship broadcast as allegations of sexual harassment continue to grow.

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Genes may have a role in increasing blood pressure in African Americans when someone close to them experiences racial discrimination.

Knowing Someone Who Faced Discrimination May Affect Blood Pressure

4:43pm December 21, 2016

by Rob Stein

Seeing someone close to you experience racial discrimination may have more of an effect on health than experiencing that discrimination yourself, a study finds.

Supreme Court Revisits 2008's Housing Collapse With Banking Test Cases

10:25am November 08, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

Miami claims bank foreclosures in 2008 targeted black and Latino homeowners. When they defaulted, property values fell, which meant a drop in taxes. The city wants the right to sue the banks.

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Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump

10:07am September 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

In the 1970s, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Donald Trump, his father and Trump Management, alleging the Trumps engaged in racial discrimination at their properties.

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Student protesters staged an Occupy-style protest inside Occidental's Arthur G. Coons Administrative Center for nearly a week.

Education

Protesting Racial Bias, Students Trade Placards For Pillows

9:30am November 25, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Inspired by the events at Mizzou, students at Occidental College in Los Angeles recently got administrators to agree to a list of demands and are pledging to hold them accountable.

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Tech companies are trying to curb the influence of implicit bias in the workplace.

How Startups Are Using Tech To Try And Fight Workplace Bias

11:30am September 08, 2015

by Yuki Noguchi

The idea that everyone makes automatic, subconscious associations about people is not new. But now some companies are trying to reduce the impact of such biases in the workplace.

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