discrimination
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Victoria Phiri Chitungu, a historian and director of the Livingstone Museum, explains that Kaunda's message that discrimination was not to be tolerated may have simply pushed the issue below the surface.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Young Chinese, many who fear age discrimination in their workplace after turning 35, are increasingly starting "one-person companies" that have artificial intelligence do most of the work.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
After 9/11, she worked for the ACLU, representing the Sikh community in a series of discrimination lawsuits.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Instead the Health Department told us it is “committed to following state law, which provides nursing home residents certain rights protecting against discrimination including, but not limited to, gender identity or expression.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Two of the most potent social campaigns of the past half-century were the civil rights movement and the feminist movement, which demonized discrimination against blacks and women, respectively.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Vocabulary lists containing discrimination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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