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National Action Network, others protest United Electrical Contractors over allegations of racism, harassment
Read full article: National Action Network, others protest United Electrical Contractors over allegations of racism, harassmentAround 23 million Americans are suffering from symptoms of long COVID.
Activists target Michigan company facing racial harassment allegations
Read full article: Activists target Michigan company facing racial harassment allegationsAn activist group is targeting a Michigan company that’s already facing a federal lawsuit containing allegations of racial harassment on the job.
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Muslim woman files lawsuit against Dearborn Walmart, says managers verbally abused her
Read full article: Muslim woman files lawsuit against Dearborn Walmart, says managers verbally abused herA lawsuit has been filed against Walmart and two of its managers for allegedly discriminating against an Iraqi refugee who could barely speak English.
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Why Middle Eastern, North African communities face barriers to health care
Read full article: Why Middle Eastern, North African communities face barriers to health careA new study from the University of Michigan’s Rogel Cancer Center finds that Metro Detroit’s Middle Eastern and North African communities face fear, discrimination and other significant barriers that impact their health.
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Vandalism of Warren mosque triggers call for hate crime investigation
Read full article: Vandalism of Warren mosque triggers call for hate crime investigationWARREN, Mich. The vandalism of a mosque in Warren is prompting calls for a hate crime investigation. Several windows were smashed at the Al Ihsaan Islamic Center in Warren. Local Muslim leaders fear it could be part of a continuing pattern of intimidation. Read more: Metro Detroit crime news
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Supreme Court rules LGBT workers are protected under Civil Rights Act
Read full article: Supreme Court rules LGBT workers are protected under Civil Rights ActDETROIT The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that LGBT workers are protected from job discrimination and being fired for sexual orientation under the Civil Rights Act. The victory is bittersweet for the ACLU, as Aimee Stephens, the transgender woman at the center of the ruling, died last month. She sued, saying the Civil Rights Act prevents employment discrimination based on sex. Seven years later, the Supreme Court agreed, in a 6-3 decision. John Borsch, the attorney who represented the funeral home before the Supreme Court last year, disagrees.
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Michigan woman gets probation for striking black man, hurling slurs
Read full article: Michigan woman gets probation for striking black man, hurling slursGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A white woman who used racial slurs as she attacked a black car salesman at a western Michigan dealership has avoided jail, despite a tearful appeal from the victim for her to be given behind bars. Judge Paul Sullivan on Tuesday sentenced Shelly Hueckel of Nashville, Michigan, to two years of probation. Hueckel was convicted in December of misdemeanor assault but cleared of ethnic intimidation, a felony. “It was ethnic intimidation. I’m going to say it again: ethnic intimidation,” Smith told the judge Tuesday.