News 4 Investigates: Racial disparities in school discipline News 4 Investigates: Racial disparities in school discipline

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News 4 Investigates: Racial disparities in school discipline News 4 Investigates: Racial disparities in school discipline

February 6, 2018 | Lauren Trager | KMOV (St. Louis)
In a lawsuit filed against administrators at Hazelwood School District, Staci's lawyers outline multiple times they say Staci's daughter was attacked: in August 2016, twice in October that year and again in March 2017.
Tags: Minorities: Racial/Ethnic | Schools: Discipline

Brooklyn landlord tried to boot Latino tenants, demanded to know their immigration status: lawsuit

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Brooklyn landlord tried to boot Latino tenants, demanded to know their immigration status: lawsuit

January 23, 2018 | Edgar Sandoval , Ginger Adams Otis , Andrew Keshner | New York Daily News
Current and former residents at two Sunset Park buildings are looking to bring Adel Eskander’s years of alleged discrimination to a halt with the class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination | Housing: Eviction | Minorities: Racial/Ethnic

Public-interest groups are calling on Education Dept. to track racial disparities in student lending

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Public-interest groups are calling on Education Dept. to track racial disparities in student lending

September 15, 2016 | Danielle Douglas-Gabriel | Washington Post
A coalition of 40 civil rights, legal-aid and public-interest groups is urging the Education Department to track and monitor the effect of student loans on people of color, who are shouldering the burden of education debt.
Tags: Minorities: Racial/Ethnic | Student Debt