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HUD CHARGES NEW YORK LANDLORDS WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST VETERAN WITH DISABILITIES: Vietnam-era veteran allegedly denied use of service animal

Published March 4, 2010 by HUD

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it is charging two Poughkeepsie, New Yo...

Some Muslims, fearing backlash, worry about intent of census

By Tara Bahrampour

Wednesday, March 10, 2010, Washington Post

The millions of blue forms being mailed this month in the first census count since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, do not ask about religion. But the idea of answering any ...

With New Homes, Town Makes Amends for Its Bias

By Susan Saulny, New York Times

Published: March 10, 2010

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Even though more than 50 years have passed since Sallie Sanders was a confused little girl wondering why her family was kicked out of their house for being on the wrong side of the color line here, t...

Though critics of the Chicago Transit Authority’s recent cuts in service contend that the reductions disproportionately affect low-income and minority areas, a Chicago News Cooperative analysis of transit, racial and economic data paints a more even-handed, and milder, picture. A measurement of wait times and reductions of late-night service shows that the cuts do not have a bigger affect on those sections of the city. Critics argue that minorities, particularly on the South and West Si...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers will not consider a law that would ban discrimination against gay men and lesbians in the workplace and in housing, and will instead spend the next year studying the issue, key lawmakers said Friday. In exchange, opponents of gay-rights legislation will drop any effort to prevent local governments from passing their own nondiscrimination laws this legislative session.

The Muslim parents of an Ohio girl who ran away from home claiming she feared harm for becoming Christian have rejected a deal meant to resolve the conflict. Mohamed and Aysha Bary of New Albany, Ohio, withdrew their consent in a court filing Thursday that alleges misrepresentation in the plan approved Jan. 19.

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The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with the developers of two Davenport multifamily housing projects that violated the federal Fair Housing Act. Under the settlement, which must be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, the developers of Kimberly Ridge Manor and Jersey Ridge Manor must make the complexes accessible to persons with disabilities.

Washington – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, applauded today the introduction of the Student Non-discrimination Act of 2010 (SNDA), H.R. 4530, which would prohibit discrimination against any public school student on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. In addition, the SNDA prevents discrimination against any public school student because of the actual or per...