Discrimination

Racism Asian Americans

Asian American health care providers facing racism as they battle COVID-19

Lifetime discrimination may increase hypertension risk among Black people, study finds

Discrimination increases hypertension risk

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court will hear Archdiocese of Philadelphia's appeal in foster care case against city

Supreme Court Catholic foster agency

Lehigh Valley man sues U.S. Postal Service, alleges he was fired for being gay

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Bucks County 21-year-old arrested for sending anti-semitic texts to Jewish man on Thanksgiving

Bucks County anti-semitism

New Jersey referee who made teen wrestler cut dreadlocks banned for two years

New Jersey dreadlocks referee

South Jersey Uber driver kicks gay couple out of car over sexual orientation

Uber driver kicks out gay couple

Man slashes 150 tires in Ocean County Jewish community, police investigating 'bias crime'

Lakewood tires slashed jewish community

Woman to Muslim woman at Bucks County amusement park: 'Go back where you came from'

Bucks County Sesame Place islamophobia

Rabbi calls for protest of Phillies minor league affiliate's Pride Night event

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Philadelphia Chinese food restaurant owners sue the city for discrimination

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Why the Supreme Court's 'gay wedding cake' ruling won't resolve religious freedom issues

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Questlove reps respond to fired NBC employees' racial discrimination lawsuit

Questlove

Philly gets a hotline for hate crimes

Feds: South Jersey real estate firm fired pregnant employees

Former manager files civil rights lawsuit against Wawa

Philly can now temporarily close businesses for violating anti-discrimination laws

Philadelphia City Hall

Delaware adopts 'breed bias' law to prevent dog discrimination

Pennsylvania seeks workaround to protect LGBTQ individuals

Pennsylvania transgender woman becomes first in nation to sue under disability law

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Penn panelist withdraws from Biden cancer forum amid allegations of ethnic discrimination

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New Jersey AG files complaint over hotel pay for fired female housekeeper

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Mayor Kenney signs wage equity bill guarding salary history in Philly

Law professors: Comcast 'arrogant,' 'insidious' to oppose wage discrimination bill via First Amendment

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New Jersey sues Rent-A-Center over manager's alleged slurs

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Suspended Pennsylvania student defends Confederate flag hoodie

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Feds: Philly police discriminated against the deaf

WATCH: Gov. Wolf's office releases PSA stressing inclusion in Pennsylvania

Public Service Announcement

Lawsuit: Temple fired Baptist housekeeper, but not Muslim co-worker

New Deal era map shows zones of Philly segregation, prosperity

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Philadelphia seeks applications for Mayor's Commission on LGBT Affairs

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Protesters press Kenney at City Hall during Philadelphia Pride Flag Raising Ceremony

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Penn student claims racial bias in university's handling of sex assault case

University of Pennsylvania campus

Lawsuit: Single-sex pool at New Jersey condo association is discriminatory

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Lawsuit: At Philadelphia urgent care center, white patients seen before blacks

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Philadelphia School District ordered to pay $2.3 million in federal discrimination suit

School District of Philadelphia headquarters

Pa. congressman trying to make GOP evolve on LGBT rights

Wolf to sign non-discrimination orders for LGBT community

Report: Philly among cities with most anti-transgender tweets

SXSW apologizes after N.J. Olympian told to remove Muslim hijab

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Report: Donald Trump courted mobster to Atlantic City casino

EEOC files one of its first two sexual orientation discrimination lawsuits in Pennsylvania

Reports: Bloody meat wrapped in Islamic newspaper left on Mt. Airy porch

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