discrimination

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While civil-rights laws prohibit banks from discrimination in connection with their lending, firms have wide discretion around whom they decide to bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Dugas spoke out against a state bill to allow discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, according to an article in Atlanta’s Saporta Report on March 17, 2016.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The country's biggest union, Unia, also warned the initiative would weaken labour protections, abolish rules barring discrimination between resident and foreign employees and "open the door wide to wage dumping".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Pamela Whitten, Thomas took issue with bias response teams, organizations that provide resources for students suffering from discrimination on campus and that have drawn the ire of legal conservative groups over the past few years.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

I saw an advertisement in Scholastic’s Scope magazine promoting the Spirit of Anne Frank scholarship for students who “combat discrimination in their own communities.”

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers