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‘Positive discrimination’ policies around the world are on the rise. What might other countries teach the U.S. about attaining racial, economic and gender equality in higher education?
Here’s what can be done.
As soon as next year, TV ads in the UK that perpetuate gender stereotypes or mock those who don’t conform to them will be banned. Should Australia follow suit?
A case before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal highlights the need for schools to accommodate articles of religious and cultural practice in their uniform policies.
Political and community leaders must act now to preserve the American middle class and adapt the US economy for the 21st century.
It turns out sex doesn’t sell so well.
Insurers complain noisily when regulators step in to stop them charging more to some groups, but there might be a benefit to us all when a better balance is found.
The Trinity Lutheran case signals the Supreme Court’s willingness to interpret separation of church and state as religious discrimination. What will this mean for the future of vouchers and school choice?
A new report finds that Islamophobia is prevalent in Australia – to ignore it would only entrench the problem more deeply.
People with albinism tend to identify with the black rather than the white community. Their physical differences, though, mean they don’t fit into either race group.
Charging consumers different prices for the same service is actually a very common practice called “price discrimination”.
Ethnic Chinese and Christians in Indonesia have endured systematic and long-standing discrimination throughout the country’s history.
When it comes to pinpointing the one treatment that can be most offensive, and not just to one person, it’s discrimination.
Older workers are feeling discriminated against in the search for work, in their jobs and even in retirement, a new survey shows.
In the early 19th century Catholics were persecuted for refusing to participate in Protestant Bible reading in schools. In many schools, those opting out of Bible classes are harassed, even today.
French Guineans are up in arms about the territory’s overcrowded hospitals. Why is no one talking about how racism and xenophobia also affect access to health care?
While Costa Ricans pride their country for being an oasis of stability in Latin America, the nation has struggled with restrictive laws and social attitudes toward immigrants from Nicaragua.
The continued presence of homophobic attitudes in society and the workplace has been eroding the productivity and profitability of Australian businesses.
Muslims students’ experiences of higher education are not always positive.
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