The U.S. Supreme Court recently weighed in on the contentious issue of reverse discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars disparate treatment of employees on the basis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two big assumptions underlie President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The first is that ...

Headlines don’t always tell the whole story. A great example: When the Supreme Court handed down an important employment discrimination decision last week, it garnered many headlines like the one in ...

In Massey v. Borough of Bergenfield, argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Oct. 28, 2025, the parties dispute the legality of the current, employer-friendly, “background ...

Just over two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, which, while flying under much of the judicial radar, has profound implications for ...

For decades, men, straight people and White people were often held to a higher legal standard when bringing workplace bias claims than groups that historically faced discrimination. No longer. The ...

White individuals and straight people do not need to meet a higher burden of proof than members of minority groups to prevail in employment discrimination suits, the Supreme Court held June 5. The ...

Reverse discrimination has been a hot topic heading into 2026. But while court dockets logged several lawsuits filed by majority-group plaintiffs in 2025 — many of whom were White current or former ...

Reverse discrimination has long been asserted by majority group members to resist the assertion of equal rights by less privileged groups. Recently, a new type of reverse discrimination claim has ...

At first glance, some of the language looks familiar. A letter sent to state officials in Rhode Island by the Justice Department in June included a reminder that federal civil rights law "prohibits an ...

Two big assumptions underlie President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The first is that discrimination against people of color is a thing of the past. The second is ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Fred L. Pincus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) Two big ...