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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Scientology vs Debbie Cook, Day 2: More Live-Blogging by the Voice

    We're heading down to the courthouse now to begin talking to folks before the action heats up again. Yesterday afternoon, Bexar County district judge Martha Tanner said that she'd begin day 2 of the temporary injunction hearing at 9:30 am, CST. If you're just joining us, the Church of Scientology ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Paul Washington of the Vulcan Society: "The FDNY Has Been Lily White for 150 Years"

    FDNY Captain Paul Washington is a past president of the Vulcan Society. He was also the FDNY employee who raised the original Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint about the department's racial makeup, which joined a decades long federal lawsuit against the city and led to yesterday's la ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Black and White and Hebrew All Over

    HLA is a new kind of charter school

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2010

    Obama Announces Recess Appointments

    ​In the face of Republican threats, President Obama announced today that he plans to push through recess appointments for 15 of the White House nominees currently pending before the Senate. The list of nominees announced for recess appointments includes Craig Becker for the National Labor Rela ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Mike Bloomberg's Deposition In FDNY Discrimination Case: Highlights of Obfuscation

    ​The two places that men reveal their inner selves, the adage goes, are behind a steering wheel and on a basketball court. All that contained aggressiveness grandstands to the surface. For Mayor Mike, though, who neither duels with taxis nor elbows under a hoop, it is apparently depositions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Barrett: The Post and Daily News Rush to Defend Bloomberg's FDNY Apartheid

    ​The Daily News and the Post have rushed to the defense of Fire Department exams that have given us the whitest rank and file of any big-city department in the country, with 303 black firefighters out of 8,998, a percentage that's actually lower than the last time a federal judge ruled the sam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Fishmonger M. Slavin & Sons Sued for Sexual and Racial Harrassment

    rachelleb.com​The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the fish wholesaler and importer M. Slavin & Sons for male-on-male sexual, racial, and national origin harassment. The suit charges that some of M. Slavin's owners and managers subjected male and especially black American ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    B&H Photo Sued for Talmudic Discrimination Against Women

    ​B&H Photo Video, the famously well-stocked, reasonably-priced, and knowledgeable-staffed midtown store, employs a large number of orthodox Jews on the floor and in management, but plaintiffs in a lawsuit say they're not so good about hiring and promoting women. Naskinsha Cushnie and three ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Barrett: Sharpton Scolds Maloney, and Naturally There's an Ulterior Motive

    ​Al Sharpton's rush to issue a statement this week denouncing Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's use of the n-word in a magazine interview has once again made him a potential kingmaker. Thanks to Sharpton, Maloney may not stay in the 2010 senate race, making things easier for incumbent Kirsten Gillib ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 5, 2008

    English-Only Bosses Just Don't Understand

    ​Al Sharpton's rush to issue a statement this week denouncing Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's use of the n-word in a magazine interview has once again made him a potential kingmaker. Thanks to Sharpton, Maloney may not stay in the 2010 senate race, making things easier for incumbent Kirsten Gillib ... More >>

  • Music

    October 24, 2006

    All Eyes on Her

    The Source sexual harassment trial vindicates Kim Osorio to the tune of $15.5 million

  • Music

    October 17, 2006

    Conscience Rap

    In the wake of the Source trial, hip-hop staffers ponder their contribution to the culture

  • News

    December 6, 2005

    Letters

    In the wake of the Source trial, hip-hop staffers ponder their contribution to the culture

  • News

    November 15, 2005

    The Source Under Fire

    Here's Your Guide to the Lawsuits, Criminal Charges, and Beefs

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Chicken Money

    Tyson Foods donates to Congressional Black Caucus

  • News

    April 26, 2005

    Speaking of Filibusters

    There's a long, rich history of big-time talkers. You have a few hours?

  • News

    March 11, 2003

    Bush's War on Women, Part Two

    The Myth of Progress

  • News

    March 4, 2003

    Stealth Misogyny

    Bush's War on Women

  • News

    February 4, 2003

    Suing Mr. Murdoch

    Writer Seeks to Put 'Post' on Trial

  • News

    May 21, 2002

    NY Immigrants Underground

    Arabs and South Asians Dodge Authorities, Even When in Need

  • News

    April 30, 2002

    Quid Pro Coup

    The 'Times' Condones Censorship, Venezuelan Style

  • News

    April 9, 2002

    Still No Pill Bill

    Birth Control Coverage Snagged as Legislators Fight Over Cancer Screenings

  • News

    March 26, 2002

    Pontorno's Complaint

    Ex-Murdoch Employee Reveals 'Secret Society'

  • News

    October 30, 2001

    Bloomberg by Bloomberg

    Ex-Murdoch Employee Reveals 'Secret Society'

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    Jailhouse Rocked

    Federal Discrimination Lawsuit by Black Rikers Island Guard Goes to Trial

  • News

    May 22, 2001

    Mr. Kosner’s Neighborhood

    ‘Daily News’ Accused of Race Discrimination—Again

  • News

    May 15, 2001

    Sickout

    Thousands of City Nurses Protest Staffing Levels

  • Dance

    April 24, 2001

    Profiles in Outrage

    Thousands of City Nurses Protest Staffing Levels

  • News

    April 10, 2001

    Sex on the Floor

    Black Man Charges His White Female Boss Sexually Harassed and Discriminated Against Him at the New York Stock Exchange

  • Specials

    February 6, 2001

    Letters

    Black Man Charges His White Female Boss Sexually Harassed and Discriminated Against Him at the New York Stock Exchange

  • News

    January 16, 2001

    Unnatural Intolerance in Soho 

    Muslim Health Food Workers Claim Bias

  • News

    November 7, 2000

    Dig Boy Dig

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Breaks New Ground, but Where Are the Women?

  • Specials

    February 15, 2000

    Letters

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Breaks New Ground, but Where Are the Women?

  • Specials

    February 8, 2000

    Letters

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Breaks New Ground, but Where Are the Women?

  • News

    January 25, 2000

    Dread Locked

    FedEx Says No Haircut, No Job

  • News

    October 19, 1999

    All Dressed Up

    Nowhere To Go

  • News

    May 11, 1999

    Race Under Fire

    'New York's Bravest' Said It Refused To Hire a Black Paramedic Because He Lied and Used Drugs. He Says Discrimination Kept Him From Moving Up the Ladder.

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