Federal judge will not toss voter ID lawsuit, trial scheduled for May 6
A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit challenging the state’s photo voter identification law. The decision paves the way for a May 6 trial.
A white male executive fired from Novant Health in North Carolina in a diversity-related corporate shakeup in 2018 can collect back pay, based on a ruling Tuesday from a federal Appeals Court. But David Duvall cannot collect punitive damages. A jury initially awarded him $10 million.
The long weekend celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr is here — a great time to reflect on what exactly his vision was and whether we are living up to it. While there is a lot of debate on where MLK would stand today and who gets to claim him, most conservative Americans...
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against an immigrant student at N.C. State University who sued ExxonMobil for discrimination. The student claimed the oil company illegally rescinded an internship. The unanimous Appeals Court decision affirmed a trial judge’s ruling against Aldo De Leon Resendiz.
North Carolina’s largest corporation, Bank of America, received pushback after announcing last week they created a home loan program only available in black and Hispanic neighborhoods. Legal scholars told Carolina Journal that the program appears to violate federal civil rights laws by favoring certain racial groups over others. Bank of America, however, told Carolina Journal that the loans are legal under an exception in lending law.
Prejudice is morally wrong. It’s also immensely foolish, producing self-inflicted wounds for individuals, companies, and communities. If you refuse to hire certain workers because of their sex, race, or religion, you will end up with a less-productive workforce and a less-profitable enterprise. If you refuse to befriend people who are different from you in these...
Robinson and Virginia Lt. Gov Winsome Sear have joined forces to pen a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Asian-American students suing Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill.
If mortgage lenders make their decisions without prejudice, then the default rates for, say, white and Hispanic customers ought to be roughly the same.
In late February a federal commission released its final report on recommendations on reforming the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Entitled "'Open to All': Title IX at Thirty," the Secretary of Education's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics praises the legislation for expanding athletic opportunities for women but criticizes how enforcement has led to the elimination of opportunities for men.