The Latest Breaking News from Discrimination

Rebecca Welch, who became the first female referee in EFL history in 2021, took charge of Bristol Rovers' 2-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers last week at the Mem

The primary human rights watchdog in Africa recently made a decision that departed from its existing practice. The African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, an independent expert body within the African Union (AU) framework, used sexual or gender identity as the reason it rejected applications for observer status from…

Advocates say there needs to be ‘urgent action’ after report reveals many workers experience discrimination and abuse

Activists hopeful as Canada’s largest school district takes first step towards banning caste discrimination

Tennessee has passed a law aimed at restricting drag performances, an art form that often involves exaggerated gender performance and cross-dressing. Similar bills have been introduced in 14 other states as part of the revived culture war against LGBTQ people. The Tennessee law was written to survive judicial scrutiny by…

A public health expert charts the cumulative effect of prejudice on peoples’ bodies, from heart disease to cancer

Vulnerable people given new 'protected characteristics' for equality

NFL lawyers want a New York judge to change her mind and agree to let all racial discrimination claims against the league and its teams go to arbitration rather than trial

Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday that will permanently outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state

It’s been six months since the latest spark ignited mass protests in Iran — the death of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa (Jina) Amini in morality police custody after she was arrested for allegedly failing to wear her hijab properly.

San Francisco leaders have backed the idea of paying reparations to Black people to atone for slavery and the systemic discrimination that followed