The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why this is one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.
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South Korea’s mass surveillance to curb the coronavirus pandemic uses technologies and techniques that are grounded in anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.
Before the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII protects LBGT employees, some organizations were already aware of the benefits of inclusion.
Surviving COVID-19 means reconsidering what type of world we want to build and live in, together. We can no longer feign being a democracy that is not democratic.
Although different, comparing the two causes is important in raising our awareness of discrimination and violence against indigenous Papuans.
Research on excessive use of force by police and the sociological context and psychological characteristics of killer cops point to useful policy measures.
Waves of disease are often accompanied by waves of hate.
American ambivalence about government has left the courts to play an outsized role responding to public health crises like lead poisoning, asbestos-related illnesses and now, the coronavirus pandemic.
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s Narendra Modi government has been successful in scapegoating, discriminating against and marginalizing minorities, putting lives at greater risk.
Algorithms are only as good as the people who make them.
Airbnb’s platform perpetuates the social exclusion of people with disabilities, while the 30-year-old ADA doesn’t apply to the sharing economy.
What’s in a word? Plenty, when it comes to the choices we use to describe people over 60. Stigma against older people that has been evident during the COVID-19 pandemic shows why it’s time to change.
American teens are much more perceptive about their political world than they are given credit for, a recent study shows.
With vast swaths of society forced to work from home, people with disabilities can overcome many of the challenges they face in a normal office environment.
Fear of strangers extends beyond racism and discrimination against people who look like they might come from another place – it includes people who sound different, too.
Being a member of a certain age group shouldn’t be a liability.
Current restrictions remind us of the value of access to public space and one another. Yet even before COVID-19 some people were excluded and targeted, so a return to the status quo isn’t good enough.
Plaintiffs in age discrimination cases often find it difficult to prove their cases. Now, a Supreme Court case could further undermine workplace protections available to victims.
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Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Business Law, Indiana University
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Yale University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse University
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Law
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Lecturer in Psychosis Studies, King's College London