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New Report: Suspension Rates Higher Among Black Students in Virginia

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New Report: Suspension Rates Higher Among Black Students in Virginia

October 25, 2018 | Michael Pope | WVTF (local NPR, VA)
Discipline in Virginia’s schools is not colorblind, according to a new report that suggests lawmakers take a closer look at school discipline practices.
Tags: Minorities: Racial/Ethnic | Schools: Discipline

Racial discrimination suit filed against Urby in federal court

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Racial discrimination suit filed against Urby in federal court

July 13, 2018 | Paul Liotta | Staten Island Advance
All three of the complainants claim they were issued notices, and threatened with eviction despite having done nothing wrong, according to a civil complaint.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination | Housing: Landlord-Tenant | Minorities: Racial/Ethnic

Suspended St. Louis student settles case after lost school year

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Suspended St. Louis student settles case after lost school year

April 16, 2018 | Kristen Taketa | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Here’s how a St. Louis student completed his freshman year without earning a single high school credit.
Tags: Minorities: Racial/Ethnic | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Schools: Discipline

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

Report: Minorities Feel Sting of Costly CA Traffic Fines and Fees

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Report: Minorities Feel Sting of Costly CA Traffic Fines and Fees

May 4, 2017 | Crime Report
A new study released today by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area says Californians pay some of the highest fines and fees in the country for traffic infractions and that minorities are acutely affected.
Tags: Court Debt | Driver's license suspension | 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