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December 18th, 2009

Posted By Mel Gagarin | December 18th, 2009 | Category: Media Watch | No Comments » Print This Post Print This Post

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LDF News and Media Today:

New civil rights chief vows more hate-crimes enforcement

The Obama administration’s new civil rights chief said Thursday that he was “shocked” to learn of the steep decline in hate-crime prosecutions during the Bush presidency and vowed to combat violence stemming from hatred and bias.

Md. colleges deny bias in admissions practices

Area colleges and universities, reacting to a federal civil rights agency’s investigation into possible discrimination against women in admissions, said Thursday that gender is only one factor in determining the makeup of each year’s freshman class.

OPINION | Civil rights becoming expendable in Minnesota

Minneapolis narrowly escaped losing much of its Civil Rights Department when the city council, by the smallest of margins, voted to reject a proposal to turn over the investigative duties of that department to the State.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has sent a letter to various leading senators objecting to “racially discriminatory provisions” in the Senate’s health-care bill, like coercing medical schools and others into using racially preferential admission policies. The Commission had already noted the same constitutional problems in the House version. (Linda Chavez devoted a column to the issue early on; and I had also noted it on The Corner.)
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Man sues local apartment owners for discrimination

A state civil rights agency is moving forward with a lawsuit representing a man who alleges local apartment complex owners would not rent to him because of his race and religion.

Georgetown part of an investigation into admissions discrimination

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is investigating whether colleges are giving men—who are making up a smaller and smaller portion of the higher education population across the nation—a leg up over women in their admissions processes, or giving them more generous aid packages to try to encourage them to attend in higher numbers.

Okla. jury acquits ex-jailer of rights vioation

A federal court jury has acquitted a former jailer accused of violating the civil rights of an inmate who died in a hospital two days after a struggle with guards at the Oklahoma County Jail.

Employment Law News Dallas -Water Utilities faces discrimination lawsuit

Legal news for employment attorneys. Thirteen workers filed a civil rights lawsuit against Dallas Water Utilities on racial allegations.
A leading Mexican-American civil rights group is speaking out against Elgin Area School District U-46’s attempt to get an exemption to state law on class-size caps for English language learners.

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